Summary
Indian Ridge School is an alternative public school in West Palm Beach, Florida, serving 84 students in grades K-12. The school is part of the Palm Beach School District, which is ranked 38 out of 67 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Despite facing challenges, Indian Ridge School has maintained relatively high graduation rates, ranging from 80% to 92.1% in recent years, which are generally higher than the district and state averages. However, the school has experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.4% to 55.9%, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Indian Ridge School's test scores are consistently lower than the district and state averages across various subjects and grade levels, with proficiency rates in subjects like Geometry (10%), Biology 1 (50%), 8th grade Science (43%), and 8th grade Math (8%) well below the district and state scores.
The school serves a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 70.24% to 89.36% in recent years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Despite this, Indian Ridge School has a relatively high per-student spending, ranging from $69,886 to $106,323 in recent years, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools. The school also has a very low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 3.3 to 3.5, much lower than the nearby schools. These factors suggest that the school is allocating significant resources to support its students, but the lower academic performance suggests that the school may need to evaluate the effectiveness of its resource allocation and consider ways to optimize the use of these resources to better support student learning.
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