Summary:
The 66717 zip code has only one school, Altoona-Midway Middle/High School, which serves grades 6-12 with a total enrollment of 81 students. The school is facing significant challenges, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 289 out of 332 Kansas high schools for the 2024-2025 school year. The school's academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics, is well below the state averages, with only 28.56% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in ELA and just 7.14% proficient or better in Mathematics.
Altoona-Midway Middle/High School has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 65.43% for the 2023-2024 school year, indicating that the school serves a population with significant economic challenges. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 89.5% is slightly below the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% is higher than the state average. However, the school's per-student spending of $15,908 for the 2018-2019 school year was higher than the state average.
Overall, the data suggests that Altoona-Midway Middle/High School is facing significant challenges in terms of academic performance, student demographics, and overall school quality. Addressing these issues will likely require a comprehensive approach, including targeted interventions, resource allocation, and collaboration with the local community and education authorities.
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