Summary:
The Frontier School of Innovation, a public charter school serving grades PK-5, is the sole elementary school in the Frontier Schools district in Missouri. With 643 students, the school faces significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates well below the state average in both math and English Language Arts across multiple grade levels.
Despite the school's high-need student population, with nearly 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.8 and per-student spending above the state average at $14,594. However, these advantages do not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes, as the school's statewide ranking places it between 621-676 out of around 900 Missouri elementary schools in the past 3 years. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate is high at 23.6% in 2023-2024.
With only one elementary school in the Frontier Schools district, there is a lack of comparative data to fully understand the school's performance in relation to its peers. Expanding the data set to include more schools in the district or the surrounding area would provide valuable context and allow for a more comprehensive analysis. Nonetheless, the available information suggests that the Frontier School of Innovation may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address the unique needs of its student population and improve overall academic achievement.
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