Summary:
The city of Wakarusa, Kansas has only one school in the data set - Pauline South Intermediate, a middle school serving grades 4-6 with a total enrollment of 308 students. The school is part of the Auburn-Washburn school district, which is ranked 89 out of 264 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Pauline South Intermediate has significantly lower test scores compared to the district and state averages across all subject areas and grade levels. The school's English Language Arts proficiency ranges from 25.5% to 32.5%, while the district and state averages are 47.53% and 44.47% respectively. Similarly, the school's Mathematics proficiency ranges from 21.42% to 37.62%, compared to the district and state averages of 45.07% and 38.73%. The school's Science proficiency of 33.67% is also lower than the district and state averages of 44.86% and 41.44%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%, which can negatively impact student learning and achievement.
Despite the school's low academic performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.3 and spending per student of $10,168, which is in line with the district and state averages. However, these factors do not seem to be translating into higher academic outcomes, suggesting that the school may need to focus on addressing the root causes of the low performance, such as the high rate of economic disadvantage among the student population, which is reflected in the 72.08% free/reduced lunch rate.
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