Summary:
The city of Clifton, Kansas is home to two schools - Clifton-Clyde Middle School and Clifton-Clyde Grade School K-3, both part of the Clifton-Clyde school district. While the grade school is excelling academically, the middle school has seen a decline in its performance and statewide ranking in recent years.
Clifton-Clyde Grade School K-3 stands out with significantly higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to the district and state averages. In 2024-2025, the school had 83.33% of students proficient or better in ELA and 61.1% in Math, well above the district and state scores. In contrast, Clifton-Clyde Middle School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 126th out of 362 Kansas middle schools in 2022-2023 to 238th out of 363 in 2024-2025, and its SchoolDigger rating has also decreased from 3 stars to 2 stars over this time period.
Both schools face challenges, such as high chronic absenteeism rates of around 19.5% and relatively low student-teacher ratios, suggesting that factors beyond class size may be contributing to the performance differences. While the per-student spending levels are similar between the two schools, the data highlights the need for a deeper understanding of the factors driving the academic disparities and the declining performance at the middle school level.
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