Summary:
The Kc International Academy district in Missouri contains a single elementary school, Kc International-Wallace, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school has consistently low performance on state assessments, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Missouri elementary schools over the past 3 years.
Kc International-Wallace struggles with extremely low proficiency rates in Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts across all grade levels, falling far below the state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd grade Mathematics proficiency rate was just 13.3%, compared to the state average of 41.4%. Additionally, the school has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 43.2%, which likely contributes to the poor academic performance.
Despite the school's high-need student population, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 7.6, the school's spending per student for the 2021-2022 school year was $17,052, significantly higher than the state average. This suggests that simply increasing funding may not be enough to improve student outcomes, and the school and district need to focus on implementing effective, evidence-based instructional practices and support systems to address the challenges faced by Kc International-Wallace.
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