Summary:
The 49065 zip code area is home to 4 schools, including 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 2 high schools (one of which is an accelerated academic center). Overall, the schools in this area appear to be struggling, with below-average academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and high percentages of economically disadvantaged students.
Lawton Elementary School stands out as the top performer, with scores above the state average in 3rd and 4th grade M-Step/ELA and M-Step/Math assessments. However, the school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% and a high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 63.57%. Lawton Middle School and Lawton High School both perform below the state average on most assessments, with Lawton High School also having a relatively low 4-year graduation rate of 82.8% and a high dropout rate of 7.6%.
The Lawton Accelerated Academic Center stands out as a small, high-poverty school with very high student-teacher ratios and poor academic outcomes. The school has a free/reduced lunch rate of 72.97%, the highest among the schools in the area, and a student-teacher ratio of 217.6, which is extremely high. Overall, the data suggests that the Lawton Community School District as a whole is underperforming, ranking 310 out of 613 districts in Michigan and receiving a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
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