Summary:
The Gary Community School Corp has two middle schools, Bailly Middle School and Gary Middle School, serving students in the Gary, Indiana area. Both schools are currently performing at the bottom of statewide rankings, indicating a significant need for improvement.
Both Bailly Middle School and Gary Middle School have received a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, reflecting very low performance across the board. A notable shared challenge is the chronic absenteeism rate, which stands at 17.8% for both schools in the 2023-2024 school year. Academically, both schools show alarmingly low proficiency rates in Math, with Bailly Middle School at 3.85% and Gary Middle School at 0.95% for the 2023-2024 data. English Language Arts proficiency is slightly higher but still considerably below state averages. Gary Middle School serves a higher percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch at 75%, compared to Bailly Middle School's 66.04%.
Despite higher per-student spending, with Bailly Middle School spending $18,063 and Gary Middle School spending $18,400, the academic outcomes remain low. The district's overall test scores within the Gary Community School Corp mirror these challenges, indicating that the issues faced by the middle schools are part of a larger district-wide concern. While there are some fluctuations in grade-level performance, such as 8th-grade ELA proficiency being the highest at both schools, the overall picture suggests a critical need for intervention and strategic planning to improve educational outcomes for students in this district.
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