Summary:
The South Harrison Middle is the sole middle school serving grades 5-8 in the South Harrison County R-II school district in Missouri. This district is ranked 52 out of 367 districts in the state and is rated 4 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.
South Harrison Middle is a relatively strong-performing school, consistently ranking in the top third of Missouri middle schools over the past few years. The school's proficiency rates on state assessments are generally higher than the state averages, particularly in mathematics where 66% of 8th graders were proficient or better compared to the state average of 32.7%. However, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rates, while still above state averages, are not as high as its mathematics scores, suggesting an opportunity for improvement in this subject area.
Despite the school's academic strengths, it faces some challenges related to supporting its economically disadvantaged student population, with 57.55% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.3% is also slightly higher than the state average, which could be an area for improvement. Nonetheless, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.2 to 1 and spending per student that is in line with the state average suggest the district is efficiently allocating resources to support student learning.
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