Summary:
The city of La Crosse, Indiana has only one public high school, Tri-Township Junior-Senior High School, which serves grades 6-12 and is part of the Tri-Township Cons School Corp district. The school has consistently struggled with low performance, ranking in the bottom third of Indiana high schools for the past three school years.
Tri-Township Junior-Senior High School's academic proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math are significantly below the state and district averages, with only 26% and 14% of students meeting proficiency standards, respectively, in the 2024-2025 school year. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, at 17.8% in 2023-2024, which is well above the state's target of 10% or less. Additionally, a large proportion of the school's students, 42.69% in 2023-2024, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite these challenges, the school's four-year graduation rate for 2023-2024 was 88.4%, which is slightly below the state average. The school's spending per student for 2023-2024 was $11,367, slightly above the state average. Overall, the data suggests that Tri-Township Junior-Senior High School faces significant obstacles in improving student outcomes and will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach to address the academic, attendance, and socioeconomic factors impacting the school's performance.
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