Summary:
The Warsaw R-Ix school district in Missouri is home to two elementary schools: North Elementary and South Elementary. Both schools serve students from kindergarten through 5th grade and face significant challenges in terms of academic performance and student engagement.
According to the data, both North Elementary and South Elementary have relatively low statewide rankings, placing them in the bottom third of Missouri elementary schools. Their test scores in mathematics and English language arts are significantly below the state averages across all grade levels. Additionally, both schools have high chronic absenteeism rates, with 18.1% of students chronically absent in the 2023-2024 school year. The schools also serve student populations with extremely high rates of free and reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.
Despite the similarities in their challenges, there are some notable differences between the two schools. North Elementary spent $8,880 per student in the 2021-2022 school year, while South Elementary spent $15,447 per student, a substantial gap of $6,567 per student. Additionally, North Elementary had a student-teacher ratio of 11.1, while South Elementary had a ratio of 12.3. These disparities in funding and staffing may contribute to the differences in academic outcomes between the two schools.
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