Summary:
The 66071 zip code is home to a single middle school, Paola Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and has a total enrollment of 431 students. Paola Middle School is a solid-performing school, ranking 104 out of 363 Kansas middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Paola Middle School outperforms the state average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rates ranged from 40.16% in 6th grade to 51.99% in 7th grade, compared to the state averages of 41.55% to 41.93%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates were 43.1% in 6th grade, 44.37% in 7th grade, and 46.66% in 8th grade, all above the state averages. The school's Science proficiency rate of 48% in 8th grade also exceeds the state average of 38%.
However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% is relatively high, and the free and reduced-price lunch rate of 38.52% suggests a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. The school's per-student spending of $12,013 and a student-teacher ratio of 13.9 indicate a commitment to investing in the education of its students. Overall, Paola Middle School appears to be a solid-performing middle school, with strengths in academic achievement, but may need to address the high chronic absenteeism rate and support for economically disadvantaged students.
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