Summary:
The 48179 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Fred W Ritter Elementary School, which serves grades PK-4 with 257 students. The school is part of the Airport Community Schools district, which is ranked 270 out of 613 school districts in Michigan and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Fred W Ritter Elementary School faces several challenges. Its test scores in English Language Arts and Math for 3rd and 4th grades are generally lower than the district and state averages, with only 24.1% of 3rd graders proficient or better in ELA, compared to 42.4% for the district and 38.9% for the state. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5%, which is significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, over 66% of the school's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.
Despite the school's academic struggles, it spends more per student than the state average, at $14,542 per student in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's student-teacher ratio of 15.2 to 1 is slightly lower than the state average. These factors suggest that additional resources may not be translating into improved academic outcomes for the students at Fred W Ritter Elementary School, and further investigation into the root causes of the school's challenges may be necessary to address the persistent academic performance issues.
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