Summary:
The Saydel Community School District in Iowa contains a single middle school, Woodside Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. Based on the available data, Woodside Middle School appears to be a struggling school, ranking 265th out of 344 Iowa middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year and earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in the state.
Key metrics for Woodside Middle School raise concerns, such as a chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% in the 2023-2024 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally below state averages, with some exceptions, such as a 6th-grade ELA proficiency rate of 77%, which is higher than the state average of 72.8%. Additionally, 60.37% of Woodside Middle School's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite the school's below-average performance, it appears to be spending more per student ($14,080 in the 2018-2019 school year) and maintaining a lower student-teacher ratio (13.8 in the 2023-2024 school year) than the state average, suggesting that the district is investing resources in the school but may not be achieving the desired outcomes. Overall, the data suggests that Woodside Middle School is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students, and the district may need to implement targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.
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