Summary:
The Southwestern-Jefferson County Con district in Indiana has only one high school, Southwestern High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school's performance metrics, such as test scores and graduation rates, are generally below the state averages, and it is ranked relatively low (268th out of 431 Indiana high schools) in the statewide SchoolDigger rankings.
Southwestern High School has a student population of 361, with a racial makeup of 90.86% White and 6.09% Hispanic. The school has a high percentage of students (52.08%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant economically disadvantaged population. The school's proficiency rates in SAT/Evidence-based Reading and Writing (44.87%) and SAT/Mathematics (12.82%) are both below the state averages, and its proficiency rate in ILEARN/Biology (23.81%) is also lower than the state average of 29%.
Despite the school's higher per-student spending ($12,714) and relatively low student-teacher ratio (11.8), its academic outcomes do not seem to reflect these resource advantages. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2022-2023 school year was 88.8%, slightly below the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate for the same year was 10.7%, higher than the state's target of 10% or less. These challenges suggest that the school may need to focus on improving its curriculum, instructional practices, and support for struggling students, as well as ensuring that its financial and human resources are allocated effectively to meet the specific needs of its student population.
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