Summary:
The Southland C-9 district in Missouri contains two schools: Southland Elementary and Southland High. Both schools are struggling, with consistently low performance on standardized tests, high chronic absenteeism rates, and low graduation rates at the high school level.
Southland Elementary and Southland High have significantly lower proficiency rates on MAP tests compared to the state average, with only 5% of 4th graders at Southland Elementary proficient or better in English Language Arts in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 44.8%. Both schools also have high chronic absenteeism rates, at 24.3% for the 2023-2024 school year. Southland High's 4-year graduation rate of 73.3% for the 2023-2024 school year is also significantly lower than the state average.
Despite relatively low student-teacher ratios and higher-than-average per-student spending, the schools in the Southland C-9 district continue to struggle, suggesting that the district may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and implement more comprehensive and sustained improvement efforts to address the systemic challenges facing its students.
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