Summary:
The 66434 zip code area is home to a single elementary school, Hiawatha Elementary, which serves grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 350 students. Hiawatha Elementary is a public virtual school that has a mixed performance record, ranking 350 out of 656 Kansas elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
While Hiawatha Elementary's overall Mathematics proficiency (46.71%) exceeds the state average of 38.73%, its English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency (44.62%) is only slightly above the state average of 44.47%. However, the school's 4th grade ELA proficiency (39.58%) lags the state average of 49.19%, suggesting a need to focus on improving ELA instruction, particularly in the upper elementary grades. Additionally, the school faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%.
Hiawatha Elementary serves a student population with significant economic challenges, as evidenced by the high percentage (60.57%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Despite this, the school maintains a lower-than-average student-teacher ratio of 12.9, which could be a strength in providing more individualized attention to students. Overall, the data suggests that Hiawatha Elementary has room for improvement, particularly in addressing attendance issues and strengthening ELA instruction, while also leveraging its smaller class sizes to support its economically disadvantaged student population.
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