Summary:
The Middle School is the sole middle school within the Citizens Of The World Charter district in Missouri, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 135 students.
The school faces significant challenges, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 40.6% - significantly higher than the state average. Its academic performance, as measured by test scores on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), is consistently lower than the state averages across multiple grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 5th grade math proficiency rate was 35.3% compared to the state average of 38.2%. Additionally, the school serves a predominantly economically disadvantaged population, with 69.63% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.
Despite the school's low academic performance, it spends more per student than the state average, at $11,251 per student for the 2021-2022 school year. This raises questions about the efficient allocation of resources and the effectiveness of the school's spending strategies. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.9 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year is also noteworthy, but it remains to be seen how this ratio impacts the school's ability to support its students' academic and social-emotional needs.
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