Summary:
The Staples-Motley School District in Minnesota consists of 3 schools: Staples-Motley Senior High School, Motley-Staples Middle School, and Staples-Motley Elementary School. The district serves students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and is located in central Minnesota.
Staples-Motley Senior High School stands out as a consistent performer, ranking in the top 50% of Minnesota high schools over the past 3 years and maintaining a 3-star rating. The school boasts a strong 4-year graduation rate of 84.2% and a low dropout rate of 4.4%. While its math proficiency lags slightly behind the state average, its reading proficiency is above average. In contrast, Motley-Staples Middle School shows mixed results, with strong performance in 8th-grade math but lower proficiency in 5th-grade math. The elementary school, Staples-Motley Elementary School, outperforms the district and state averages in math proficiency across all grades but lags behind in reading proficiency.
Across the district, there are notable disparities in student-teacher ratios and free and reduced lunch rates. Staples-Motley Elementary School has the highest free and reduced lunch rate at 56.63%, while Staples-Motley Senior High School has the lowest at 38.68%. The elementary school also has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 10.6, compared to 16 at the high school and 14.9 at the middle school. These factors may contribute to the uneven academic performance observed across the district, highlighting the need for targeted interventions and support to address the disparities.
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