Summary:
Premier Charter School is the sole elementary school in the Premier Charter School District, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 904 students. The school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and is part of a district that is ranked 272 out of 367 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Premier Charter School faces several challenges, including a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.7%, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school's academic performance, as measured by test scores on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), is also consistently lower than the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in Mathematics ranged from 21.8% (3rd grade) to 31.2% (8th grade), compared to the state averages of 41.4% to 45.5%. Similarly, in English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 22.5% (6th grade) to 44.5% (8th grade), compared to the state averages of 39.3% to 44.8%.
Despite the higher-than-average spending per student of $14,730 in the 2021-2022 school year, the school's academic performance remains below the state average. Additionally, 42.15% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating that the school serves a population with lower socioeconomic status, which can impact educational outcomes. The school's student-teacher ratio of 9.2 in the 2023-2024 school year is lower than the state average, but this does not appear to be translating into improved academic performance.
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