Summary:
The Erie-Galesburg school district in Kansas serves students from elementary through high school, with three schools in the area: Erie Elementary, Erie High School, and Galesburg Middle School. While the district as a whole is underperforming, with all three schools ranked in the bottom half of their respective school types in Kansas, Erie Elementary stands out as the strongest performer, outpacing the district and state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency.
Erie Elementary is ranked in the top half of Kansas elementary schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, and has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.6. In contrast, Erie High School struggles, with only 27.57% proficient in ELA and 10.34% in Math for all grades. Galesburg Middle School performs better than the district in ELA proficiency but lags behind in Math.
Across the district, high chronic absenteeism rates, around 19.5% in the most recent year, are a concern and likely contribute to the overall academic struggles. Additionally, the significant differences in spending per student, with Erie High School spending nearly $3,300 more per student than Galesburg Middle School, do not seem to translate into better academic outcomes, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving school performance in the Erie-Galesburg district.
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