Cherokee

The Cherokee school district in Kansas consists of 3 schools: 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The data reveals a stark contrast in performance between the schools, with Southeast Elementary School outperforming the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, while Southeast High School and Southeast Middle School struggle with test scores well below the state averages.

Southeast Elementary School stands out as the highest performing school in the district, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%. In contrast, the middle and high schools face significant challenges, with proficiency rates ranging from 18.51% to 54.05% in ELA and 18.51% to 27.57% in Math at the middle school, and just 13.88% in ELA and 19.44% in Math at the high school.

The district-wide high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients, ranging from 72.61% at the high school to 78.86% at the elementary school, suggest that the schools are serving a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which may be impacting their academic outcomes. Additionally, the differences in per-student spending and student-teacher ratios across the schools may indicate an imbalance in resource allocation within the district, which could be contributing to the performance disparities.