Schools in Burnside, IA

The city of Burnside, Iowa is home to a single middle school, Southeast Valley Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. While the data set is limited to this one institution, it provides a comprehensive look at the school's performance, demographics, and operational metrics.

Southeast Valley Middle School has consistently ranked in the middle range of Iowa middle schools, with a performance rating of 2 out of 5 stars on the SchoolDigger scale. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally below the state average, though there are some bright spots, such as the 8th-grade proficiency rates in ELA and Science exceeding the state averages. The school has a relatively high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 40.63%, suggesting a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. Operationally, the school has a student-teacher ratio of 14.4, which is slightly lower than the state average, and per-student spending of $12,172, which is higher than the state average.

One area of concern is the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average. This may be a contributing factor to the school's academic performance. While the school has access to more resources compared to other schools in the state, this does not seem to be translating into significantly better academic outcomes, suggesting that the school may need to re-evaluate how it allocates and utilizes its resources to better support student learning and achievement.