Summary:
The 67859 zip code is home to a single high school, Southwestern Heights Junior/Senior High, which serves students in grades 7-12. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Kansas high schools, with below-average performance on state assessments in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. However, the school has shown some improvement in recent years, with increased proficiency rates across various grade levels.
Southwestern Heights Junior/Senior High faces several challenges, including a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (75.4%) and a chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school's four-year graduation rate of 89.5% is slightly below the state average, but its dropout rate of 1.3% is relatively low. The school's per-student spending is higher than the state average, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 12.1, which is slightly lower than the state average.
Despite the school's academic challenges, the data suggests that there may be opportunities for further progress with the right interventions and support. The Kismet-Plains district, which oversees Southwestern Heights Junior/Senior High, will need to focus on improving curriculum, instructional practices, and support for struggling students, as well as addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism to help the school reach its full potential.
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