Summary:
The 50858 zip code area is home to two small schools - Orient Elementary School and Orient-Macksburg Senior High School, both part of the Orient-Macksburg Community School District. These schools face significant challenges, including consistently low statewide rankings, high chronic absenteeism rates, and a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Orient Elementary School has a relatively small enrollment of 75 students and has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Iowa elementary schools over the past few years. The school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% and a relatively high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 56%. In contrast, Orient-Macksburg Senior High School, with 54 students enrolled, has seen its statewide ranking fluctuate, generally placing in the bottom 25-30% of Iowa high schools. The high school has a graduation rate of 88.3%, slightly below the state average, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%.
Academically, the high school students at Orient-Macksburg Senior High School scored above the state average in ELA but below in math and science. Both schools face significant challenges in terms of size, performance, poverty levels, and attendance, which may require targeted interventions and support to improve educational outcomes for their students.
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