Summary:
The North Side Community School district in Missouri has only one middle school, North Side Community-Grand Center, which serves grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 11 students.
North Side Community-Grand Center has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Missouri middle schools over the past 3 school years, with a ranking of 370 out of 438 schools in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state average, with proficiency rates in Mathematics ranging from 14% to 19.3% and in English Language Arts from 16.8% to 35.3%, compared to the state averages of 32.7% to 45.5% and 39.3% to 42.2%, respectively. The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 72.73% in the 2023-2024 school year, and a very low student-teacher ratio of 0.7 students per teacher in the same year.
Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $18,770 in the 2021-2022 school year, North Side Community-Grand Center appears to be facing significant challenges in student achievement. The combination of consistently low performance, large gaps in academic proficiency compared to the state average, and a high-poverty student population suggests the need for a deeper examination of the school's instructional practices, resource allocation, and strategies for supporting its students.
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