Summary:
Concordia, Kansas is home to a single public high school, Concordia Junior-Senior High, which serves grades 7-12. The school has faced some academic challenges, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science below the state averages. However, the school has shown signs of improvement, with proficiency rates in certain grade levels approaching or exceeding the state average in recent years.
Concordia Junior-Senior High has a 4-year graduation rate of 89.5%, which is slightly below the state average, and a dropout rate of 1.3%, which is relatively low. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% is higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to the academic challenges. Socioeconomically, the school serves a higher proportion of students from low-income families, with 50.89% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
Despite the academic and socioeconomic challenges, Concordia Junior-Senior High is investing resources in its students, with a student-teacher ratio of 13.2 and per-student spending of $13,974, both of which are better than the state averages. The school's 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and its fluctuating statewide rank between 135 and 169 out of 318-332 Kansas high schools suggest that there is room for improvement, but also indicate that the school is making progress in addressing its areas of weakness.
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