Summary:
The Red Oak Community School District in Iowa has only one high school, Red Oak Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12. The school faces some significant challenges, with its academic performance varying across grade levels and subject areas, often falling below the state average.
Red Oak Junior/Senior High School has an enrollment of 446 students, with a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families, as indicated by the 52.91% free and reduced-price lunch rate. The school's performance on the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) shows that 10th-grade proficiency rates in English Language Arts (74%) and Mathematics (77.9%) are below the state averages of 74.7% and 68%, respectively. However, the school's 8th-grade proficiency rates are higher, at 71.4% in ELA and 81.6% in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 80.2% and 74.4%.
Additionally, the school faces challenges with student engagement, as evidenced by its high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%, which is relatively high compared to the state average. Despite the school's higher per-student spending of $14,722, which is above the state average, its academic performance still lags behind, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving student outcomes. The Red Oak Community School District as a whole is ranked 285 out of 313 districts in Iowa and is rated 0 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating that the district may be facing broader systemic challenges that are impacting the performance of its only high school.
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