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Altoona-Midway Middle/High School is a public school in Buffalo, Kansas, serving grades 6-12 with a total enrollment of 79 students. The school is part of the Altoona-Midway district, which is ranked 144 out of 266 districts in Kansas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Altoona-Midway Middle/High School has consistently underperformed compared to the state average in proficiency rates for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grades. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 12.19% in ELA, 7.31% in Math, and 15% in Science, compared to the state averages of 33.55%, 31.6%, and 32.28%, respectively. The school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 8.9 to 14.3 over the past few years, and a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 63.73% to 69.62% over the past few years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
The nearby schools, such as Neodesha High, Yates Center High, and Humboldt High School, generally outperform Altoona-Midway Middle/High School in academic proficiency rates, with higher rankings and more students achieving proficiency in ELA, Math, and Science. The school's performance for white students is also lower than the state average, with the school ranking 120 out of 307 Kansas high schools for white students in the 2021-2022 school year, compared to the overall school ranking of 142 out of 324.
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