Summary:
The Clinton Community School District in Iowa has only one middle school, Clinton Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school has consistently underperformed compared to other middle schools in the state, ranking in the bottom half of Iowa middle schools and earning a 1 out of 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Clinton Middle School faces several challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% and test scores that are significantly below the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels. For example, in 8th grade, the school's proficiency rates were 69.6% in ELA, 66.8% in Math, and 55.4% in Science, compared to state averages of 80.2%, 74.4%, and 70.5%, respectively. Additionally, over 55% of the school's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite the school's underperformance, it spends more per student than the state average, at $15,259 per student for the 2018-2019 school year. The school also has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio of 13.1 to 1 compared to the state average. These factors suggest that the school may need to re-evaluate the allocation of its resources and implement targeted interventions to address the root causes of its academic challenges and improve student outcomes.
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