Summary:
The 85711 zip code area of Tucson, Arizona is home to two middle schools: Alice Vail Middle School, a public school, and Future Investment Middle School, a public charter school. While the schools share the same zip code, they differ significantly in size, performance, and resource allocation.
Alice Vail Middle School is the larger of the two, with 573 students, but it consistently ranks in the bottom half of Arizona middle schools and has lower test scores, particularly in mathematics, compared to the Tucson Unified District and Arizona state averages. The school also has a concerning 5.2% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year. In contrast, Future Investment Middle School is much smaller, with only 30 students, and has a more varied ranking history, ranging from the middle to the bottom third of Arizona middle schools.
The data also reveals a stark contrast in spending per student between the two schools. Alice Vail Middle School had a spending of $6,045 per student for the 2019-2020 school year, while Future Investment Middle School had a significantly higher spending of $23,339 per student for the 2021-2022 school year. However, it is unclear if this higher spending is translating into better outcomes for students at Future Investment Middle School.
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