Summary:
ZIP code 66104 has nine schools: six elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and one alternative school. Across the eight schools with scores, average proficiency was 22% in ELA, 15% in math and 14% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41% and 38%; most importantly, every school with results was below the state in all three subjects.
The strongest results vary by subject, while F L Schlagle High had the lowest score in each. Hazel Grove Elementary led ELA at 33%, compared with Schlagle’s 7%, a 26-point spread. Bertram Caruthers Elementary led math at 27% and science at 28%, versus Schlagle’s 5% and 4%—gaps of 21 and 24 points. Caruthers also exceeded the Kansas City district results in all three subjects, with 27% ELA, 27% math and 28% science, compared with 23%, 16% and 15%. In same-grade comparisons, Caruthers led 5th-grade math and science; its 30% math result was 21 points above Welborn Elementary, and its 28% science result was 23 points above Quindaro Elementary.
Recent changes were mixed: the ELA average was essentially unchanged at 22%, while math rose from 14% to 15% but still fell further behind the state; the seven schools with comparable science results averaged 17% then 15%, though the state result fell more. New Chelsea improved in all three subjects and reported the lowest chronic absenteeism, 20%, close to the state’s 18%; Caruthers had strong math and science results despite a 93% free/reduced-lunch rate, an observation that does not explain its performance. SchoolDigger ranks the district 264th of 268 statewide and the ranked schools between the 2nd and 10th percentiles. Results differ by grade span, and the alternative school, Bridges/Wyandot Academy, has no test scores listed.
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