Summary:
Scuola Vita Nuova Charter is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Scuola Vita Nuova District, which is ranked 269 out of 367 districts in Missouri and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. With a total enrollment of 391 students, the school faces academic challenges, with proficiency rates in math, science, and English Language Arts consistently falling below state averages.
Scuola Vita Nuova Charter's math proficiency rates range from 25% to 54% across grade levels, compared to the state average of 38.2% to 45.5%. Science proficiency is also significantly lower, with 5th-grade at 17.5% versus the state's 42.2%, and 8th-grade at 31.2% versus the state's 39.2%. In English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rates range from 22.5% to 29.8%, again lower than the state averages of 39.3% to 41.8%. However, the school's Algebra I proficiency rate of 48.3% is higher than the state's 45.4%.
Additionally, Scuola Vita Nuova Charter faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 31.8%, significantly above the state average. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 80.31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite higher per-student spending of $12,940 and a lower student-teacher ratio of 14.3, these resources do not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes for the students.
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