Summary:
The Kansas City Girls Prep Academy district consists of two schools - Kansas City Girls Prep Middle and Kansas City Girls Prep High. The district serves grades 5-9, with the middle school covering grades 5-8 and the high school serving 9th grade. Both schools face significant academic and operational challenges, as evidenced by their consistently low performance on state assessments, high chronic absenteeism rates, and high poverty levels among the student population.
The Kansas City Girls Prep Middle school has been ranked in the bottom quartile of Missouri middle schools for the past 3 years, with only 7.5% of 6th and 7th graders proficient in math and around 20% proficient in ELA. The school also has an alarmingly high chronic absenteeism rate of 58.7% and 100% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. In contrast, the Kansas City Girls Prep High school, which serves 27 students in 9th grade, has an equally high chronic absenteeism rate and 100% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Overall, the Kansas City Girls Prep Academy district faces significant challenges in providing quality education to its students. The consistently low academic performance, high poverty levels, and high chronic absenteeism rates across both schools suggest that a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach will be necessary to address these issues and improve educational outcomes for the students.
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