Summary:
The city of New Ross, Indiana has only one school, Walnut Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and is part of the South Montgomery Com School Corp district. The district is ranked 50 out of 380 in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Walnut Elementary School has 174 students enrolled and its performance has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from a 4-star rating (ranked 179 out of 1,016 Indiana elementary schools) to a 3-star rating (ranked 332 out of 1,005). The school outperforms the district in math proficiency, but lags behind in English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% is relatively high, and 40.23% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students.
Despite its mixed performance, Walnut Elementary School benefits from a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.3 and high per-student spending of $12,947, which could indicate a focus on providing resources and support for students. Overall, Walnut Elementary School appears to be a moderately performing school within its district, with some areas of strength and others that could use improvement.
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