Summary:
The zip code 52339 contains only one elementary school, South Tama County Elementary School, which serves students from the South Tama County district. The school's performance has fluctuated over the past few years, with rankings ranging from 319 to 401 out of all Iowa elementary schools, and a current 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, South Tama County Elementary School has shown mixed results compared to the state average. While the school outperforms the state in 3rd-grade English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, it underperforms in 4th-grade ELA and Mathematics. The school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 61.88%, which can be associated with lower academic achievement. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% is higher than the state average, which can negatively impact student learning and progress.
Despite these challenges, the school's student-teacher ratio of 13.9 is slightly lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $13,013. The school's leadership and community may need to focus on improving 4th-grade curriculum and instruction, providing additional support and resources for economically disadvantaged students, and implementing strategies to address chronic absenteeism in order to enhance the overall academic performance and student outcomes at South Tama County Elementary School.
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