Summary:
The city of Argos, Indiana is home to a single high school, Argos Community Junior-Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12. While the school has a small student population of 95 and a low student-teacher ratio of 5:1, its academic performance has been mixed, with declining statewide rankings and below-average proficiency rates on standardized tests compared to the Argos Community Schools district and the state of Indiana.
Argos Community Junior-Senior High School's performance on ILEARN/English Language Arts and ILEARN/Math assessments has been below the district and state averages, with only 35.21% and 26.76% of students, respectively, scoring proficient or better. However, the school performed better on ILEARN/Science, with 42.31% of students scoring proficient or better. On the SAT, the school's performance was also below state averages, with 45.95% of students proficient or better in Evidence-based Reading and Writing and only 13.51% proficient or better in Mathematics.
Despite the school's high spending per student of $25,145 and its relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8%, the school's four-year graduation rate of 88.4% is still below the state average. The school's high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 46.32%, suggests that the school may be serving a population with socioeconomic challenges that could be impacting academic achievement. Overall, the data indicates that Argos Community Junior-Senior High School is facing some challenges in maintaining strong academic performance, and further analysis and targeted interventions may be needed to address these issues and improve outcomes for the school's students.
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