Summary:
The 42234 zip code in Kentucky is home to a single elementary school, South Todd Elementary School, which serves students from prekindergarten through 5th grade. The school faces several challenges, including consistently low performance, mixed academic proficiency, high poverty, and chronic absenteeism.
Todd County is the district that oversees South Todd Elementary School. The school's statewide ranking has placed it between 365th and 486th out of 685-687 Kentucky elementary schools over the past three school years, indicating a need for improvement in overall academic performance. While some grade levels and subjects perform above the state and county averages on state assessments, others fall below, suggesting the need for targeted interventions and support.
South Todd Elementary School serves a high-poverty student population, with 65.83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending is $16,567, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.6. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate is high at 25% for the 2024-2025 school year, which can negatively impact student learning and academic outcomes. Addressing attendance issues and providing additional resources and support to address the challenges faced by the school's high-poverty student population could be beneficial for improving the overall performance of South Todd Elementary School.
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