Summary:
The 50655 zip code area is home to two schools, West Central PK - 8 School and West Central Charter High School, both part of the West Central Community School District. The district is ranked 239 out of 313 in Iowa and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating room for improvement in academic performance across the schools.
West Central PK - 8 School serves grades PK-8 and has 244 students, consistently ranking in the bottom half of Iowa elementary schools. The school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% and mixed student test scores, with some grades performing above the state average in ELA and Math, while others are below. The school has a high percentage of students (52.46%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and its spending per student is $12,835. In contrast, the West Central Charter High School serves grades 9-12 with 85 students and has a lower student-teacher ratio of 5.3, compared to the elementary school's 16.2. The high school has a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 88.3%, but also struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate and mixed academic performance.
Both schools face significant socioeconomic challenges, with a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The disparities in test scores and the consistent bottom-half rankings of the schools suggest a need for targeted interventions and support to address these issues and drive continuous improvement in the educational outcomes for students in the 50655 zip code area.
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