Summary:
The Nampa School District in Idaho is home to 15 elementary schools serving students from pre-K through 6th grade. The district as a whole is ranked 80 out of 96 in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating significant room for improvement in academic performance.
A few schools stand out in the data, with Lake Ridge Elementary and Owyhee Elementary School being the top performers. Lake Ridge ranks 78th out of 301 Idaho elementary schools and has the highest math and English language arts proficiency rates, as well as the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 15%. Owyhee also performs well, ranking 181st and having the highest math proficiency rates in the district. On the other end, schools like Sherman Elementary, Snake River Elementary, and Park Ridge Elementary rank in the bottom quarter of Idaho elementary schools.
The data also reveals significant disparities in academic performance, with a wide gap between the top-performing and lowest-performing schools. This appears to be correlated with socioeconomic factors, as schools with higher free/reduced lunch rates tend to have lower proficiency rates. Additionally, the district's Nampa Early Childhood Center, which serves pre-K students, has a very high student-teacher ratio of 39:1, which may impact the preparation of students entering elementary school. Despite the overall low performance of the district, the data shows that some schools within Nampa are able to achieve much stronger results, indicating potential opportunities for improvement across the district by learning from the practices of the higher-performing schools.
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