Summary:
This analysis focuses on a single institution, Edna Karr High School, a public high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 1,097 students and operating as its own district.
Edna Karr High School stands out for its exceptional graduation rate of 93.8% and an extremely low dropout rate of just 0.8%, both significantly better than state averages. However, the school presents a notable paradox: while it excels at keeping students on track to graduate, its academic proficiency rates in core subjects like Algebra I (60%), English I (56%), and Geometry (51%) generally fall below state averages. The one clear academic bright spot is Biology, where the school's 67% proficiency rate exceeds the state average of 60%. The school also showed a dramatic 16-percentage point improvement in Geometry from the previous year, suggesting effective new academic interventions are taking hold.
A major challenge for the school is chronic absenteeism, with 26.3% of students missing significant school days—higher than the state average of 22.5%. This issue is likely compounded by the fact that 73.38% of the student body is economically disadvantaged. The school holds a 3-star rating and has seen its state ranking fluctuate, moving from the 39th percentile to the 47th percentile in the most recent data. With a reasonable student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1, the school has the structural foundation to address its key challenges, particularly by tackling absenteeism to unlock further academic growth across all subjects.
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