Summary:
The city of Exeter, Missouri is home to two schools: Exeter Elementary and Exeter High, both part of the Exeter R-VI school district. The data reveals that these schools are underperforming, with both the elementary and high school ranked in the bottom 30% of their respective school types in the state.
Exeter Elementary is consistently underperforming, ranking in the bottom 20% of Missouri elementary schools and earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates on MAP tests are 10-20 percentage points below the state average, and it has a high rate of free/reduced lunch recipients at 74.56%, indicating a high-poverty student population. Exeter High also underperforms, ranking in the bottom 30% of Missouri high schools and earning a 1-star rating in 2022-2023 and a 2-star rating in 2024-2025. The high school's proficiency rates on Algebra I and Biology I end-of-course exams are also 10-20 percentage points below the state average.
Both schools have a high chronic absenteeism rate of 7.9%, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the spending per student is below the state average, with Exeter Elementary spending $8,775 per student and Exeter High spending $11,730 per student. These factors, combined with the high rates of free/reduced lunch recipients, suggest that the Exeter school district faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students.
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