Summary:
The Dent-Phelps R-III school district in Missouri is home to a single elementary school, Dent-Phelps Elementary, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school has faced persistent academic challenges, with consistently low performance on state assessments compared to the Missouri state averages.
Dent-Phelps Elementary has an enrollment of 273 students, with a racial makeup that is predominantly White (98.17%), and a relatively high percentage of students (46.15%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant economic disadvantage. The school's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $11,038, and it maintains a student-teacher ratio of 11.2, which is lower than the state average.
Despite the smaller class sizes, Dent-Phelps Elementary has struggled academically, with proficiency rates on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests that range from 21.1% in 8th-grade mathematics to 44.4% in 7th-grade mathematics, compared to state averages of 30% to 43.8%. In English Language Arts, the school's 3rd-grade proficiency rate is 26%, compared to the state average of 42.4%. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom third of Missouri elementary schools and has received a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years, indicating a persistent pattern of underperformance that requires targeted interventions and support to improve student learning outcomes.
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