Summary:
The 63033 zip code area in Missouri is home to 15 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 3 high schools, spread across the Ferguson-Florissant R-II District, the Special School District of St. Louis County, and the Hazelwood District.
Among the standout schools in this area, Northview High School and Ackerman School have particularly low performance metrics, ranking in the bottom 10% of Missouri schools. Northview High School has a dismal 20.4% four-year graduation rate and only 6.3% of students are proficient in English II, while Ackerman School has just 5% of students proficient in 5th grade Science and English Language Arts. In contrast, McCluer North High School, the largest school in the zip code with 1,148 students, has a relatively high 92.3% four-year graduation rate, despite struggling academically with only 28.8% of students proficient in Algebra I and 29.7% in English II.
Across the schools in this zip code, there are several concerning trends, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 37.7% to 38.7%, and very high free/reduced lunch rates, with many schools over 90%, indicating significant economic disadvantage in the community. Test scores are generally very low, with most schools performing well below state averages in core subjects. The wide range in spending per student, from $10,826 to $113,016, also raises questions about potential funding and resource inequities between the schools, which may be contributing to the stark disparities in academic performance observed.
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