Summary:
ZIP code 67207 has four schools: three elementary schools and one high school, with no middle school. The schools’ results vary widely, so choosing a school based on the ZIP-code average alone would miss important differences. Bostic Traditional Magnet Elementary is the clear academic standout, scoring above the state in all three subjects: 81% in English language arts (ELA), 72% in math and 67% in science, compared with state results of 46%, 41% and 38%.
Bostic leads the next-highest school by 35 points in ELA, 37 in math and 47 in science. Seltzer Elementary is the strongest non-Bostic school overall, with 46% in ELA and 35% in math. At the other end, Southeast High has the lowest results in all three subjects: 21% in ELA, 10% in math and 16% in science. Beech Elementary scores 25% in ELA and 16% in math; Seltzer is ahead by 21 and 19 points, respectively. Beech’s fifth-grade math score is a small bright spot: 27.1%, just above Seltzer’s 27.0%. All-grade scores cover different grade spans, so elementary-to-high-school comparisons are less direct.
Across the schools, average ELA and math results improved from the prior year, and their gaps with state results narrowed; science moved closer to the state on a comparable three-school average, though results fell at both Seltzer and Bostic. SchoolDigger’s three-year percentile ranking rose from the 92nd to the 98th percentile for Bostic, from the 2nd to the 6th for Beech, and from the 5th to the 8th for Southeast; Seltzer moved from the 38th to the 27th. Context also differs: Beech’s student-teacher ratio is 13.9, while Seltzer’s is 15.5 and Bostic’s is 15.6. Bostic pairs its strong scores with the lowest reported chronic absenteeism, 10%, compared with 18% statewide; Southeast’s is 42%. These figures describe school context and do not explain test results.
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