Summary:
The 67013 zip code is home to a single high school, Belle Plaine High, which serves a relatively small student body of 183 students. While the school has seen fluctuations in its state ranking and SchoolDigger rating over the past few years, it currently holds a 0-star rating and is ranked 242 out of 264 districts in Kansas.
Belle Plaine High's academic performance is mixed, with strengths in science proficiency but weaknesses in English Language Arts and math, particularly in the more recent 2024-2025 school year. The school's four-year graduation rate of 89.5% is slightly below the state average, but its dropout rate of 1.3% is lower than the state average. However, the school faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, at 19.5%.
Despite the school's relatively high spending per student of $13,968 and a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.4, it serves a significant proportion of economically disadvantaged students, with 42.62% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Overall, Belle Plaine High appears to be a small, rural high school facing challenges in terms of academic performance and student engagement, but it also has some strengths, such as its low dropout rate and science proficiency.
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