Summary:
The city of Cuba, Missouri is home to three public schools serving students from elementary through high school: Cuba Elementary, Cuba High, and Cuba Middle, all part of the Crawford County R-II school district. The data reveals that Cuba Elementary and Cuba Middle are standout schools, consistently ranking in the top half of Missouri schools in their respective grade levels and earning strong performance ratings.
Cuba Elementary has maintained a 4-star rating in recent years and excels in 3rd and 4th grade math and ELA test scores, often exceeding state and district averages. The school also has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 16.3%. Similarly, Cuba Middle has earned 3-4 star ratings and impresses with its math and science proficiency rates, which frequently outperform state and district averages. Both Cuba Elementary and Cuba Middle have lower student-teacher ratios of 12.4, compared to 14.5 at Cuba High.
In contrast, Cuba High School has struggled, earning only 1-star ratings and ranking in the bottom half of Missouri high schools. The school's performance on end-of-course exams is mixed, with some subjects like Algebra II exceeding state averages, while others like Algebra I and Biology lag behind. However, Cuba High does have a very high 4-year graduation rate of 97.1% and a low dropout rate of 1.1%, indicating strong student retention. The district-wide data also shows that the schools serve a significant proportion of economically disadvantaged students, with free/reduced lunch rates ranging from 33.79% at Cuba High to 47.04% at Cuba Middle.
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