Summary:
The city of Leon, Kansas is home to two schools - Bluestem Elementary School and Bluestem Junior/Senior High, both part of the Bluestem school district. These schools have faced challenges in recent years, with declining statewide rankings and underperformance on academic assessments compared to state averages.
Bluestem Elementary School is ranked 415 out of 656 Kansas elementary schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, and struggles with low test scores, with proficiency rates below the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% and serves a relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 43.21% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch.
Bluestem Junior/Senior High is ranked 250 out of 332 Kansas high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Like the elementary school, Bluestem Junior/Senior High has also seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years and struggles with low test scores, with proficiency rates below the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% and serves a relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 51.03% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. However, the school maintains a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 89.5%, though it also has a 1.3% dropout rate.
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