Summary:
The city of Menifee, California is home to 17 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 10 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The data reveals a diverse educational landscape, with stark contrasts in school performance across the district.
Some standout schools in Menifee include Santa Rosa Academy, a public charter school with an impressive 99.1% four-year graduation rate and strong academic performance, and Paloma Valley High, which boasts a 96.0% four-year graduation rate and high proficiency rates on state assessments. In contrast, Pathways Academy Charter School - Adult Education struggles with a 50.6% dropout rate and low test scores. Across the district, there appears to be a correlation between socioeconomic status, as measured by free/reduced lunch rates, and academic performance, with higher-poverty schools generally underperforming their more affluent counterparts.
Within the Menifee Union School District, there is significant variation in school performance, with some schools like Taawila Elementary and Chester W. Morrison Elementary outperforming the district average, while others, such as Menifee Valley Middle and Callie Kirkpatrick Elementary, lag behind. The data suggests that factors like student-teacher ratios may play a role in these disparities, with lower-performing schools often having higher student-teacher ratios.
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