Summary:
The 67665 zip code in Kansas is home to a single middle school, Ruppenthal Middle, which serves grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 188 students. While the school's student-teacher ratio is lower than the state average, its academic performance is significantly below the Russell County and Kansas state averages across all subject areas.
Ruppenthal Middle is ranked 276 out of 362 Kansas middle schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate is 22.15%, compared to 24.81% in Russell County and 33.55% statewide. In mathematics, the proficiency rate is 15.42%, well below the 23.36% county average and 31.6% state average. Science proficiency is also low at 12.27%, compared to 23.95% in Russell County and 32.28% across Kansas.
The school faces additional challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% and a large percentage of students (52.13%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a socioeconomically disadvantaged population. Despite the school's above-average per-student spending of $13,234, the low academic performance suggests the need to evaluate the effectiveness of the school's instructional practices and support systems to better serve its students.
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