Summary:
The Bagley Public School District in Minnesota has only one elementary school, Bagley Elementary, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. The school's performance on standardized tests, such as the MCA-III in Math and Reading, has consistently fallen below the state and district averages over the past three school years.
Bagley Elementary's proficiency rates in Math and Reading are significantly lower than the state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's Math proficiency rate for all grades was 34.39%, compared to the state average of 45.21%. Similarly, the school's Reading proficiency rate for all grades was 34.88%, compared to the state average of 49.59%. However, the school's performance on the MCA-III Science test is better, with a 50% proficiency rate in 5th grade, compared to the district and state averages of 30.57% and 45.02%, respectively.
Additionally, Bagley Public School District has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 59.11% at Bagley Elementary in the 2023-2024 school year. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.2 to 1 in the same school year. These factors suggest that the school may be facing systemic challenges in effectively educating its predominantly low-income student population, despite the potential benefits of smaller class sizes.
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