Summary:
The Inver Grove Heights School District in Minnesota is home to 5 elementary schools, serving students from early childhood through 5th grade. While the district as a whole appears to be underperforming, with all of its elementary schools ranking in the bottom half of Minnesota schools, one school stands out as an exceptional performer - Atheneum Elementary.
Atheneum Elementary ranks 2nd out of 845 Minnesota elementary schools and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. This school boasts exceptional academic performance, with 94.12% of students proficient or better in Math and 98.53% proficient or better in Reading on the MCA-III assessments. In contrast, the other schools in the Inver Grove Heights School District have more average to below-average performance, with Hilltop Elementary, Pine Bend Elementary, and Salem Hills Elementary all ranking in the bottom half of Minnesota elementary schools and having 1-2 star ratings from SchoolDigger.
The stark contrast between Atheneum Elementary and the other schools in the district is noteworthy. Atheneum's outstanding academic performance and low free/reduced lunch rate of 22.35% suggest it may serve a more affluent student population compared to the other schools, which have free/reduced lunch rates ranging from 50.32% to 62.37%. This disparity in student demographics and academic outcomes highlights the need for the Inver Grove Heights School District to examine and address the factors contributing to these differences among its elementary schools.
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