Summary:
The city of Archie, Missouri has only one elementary school, Archie Elementary, which serves students from grades K-5. The school's performance has been declining in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 341 out of 898 Missouri elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 660 out of 900 in 2024-2025. Archie Elementary's SchoolDigger rating has also decreased from 3 stars to 2 stars out of 5 during this time period.
Academically, Archie Elementary's proficiency rates on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests are significantly lower than the state averages across both math and English language arts for grades 3, 4, and 5. The school also has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 32.37% in 2023-2024, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.0% in the same year, which is higher than the state average.
Despite the school's academic struggles, Archie Elementary has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio of 14.2 to 1 in 2023-2024 compared to the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $10,756, which is slightly higher than the state average. This raises questions about how the school's resources are being utilized and whether they are being effectively targeted to address the specific needs of the student population.
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