Summary:
The 65020 zip code area is home to two elementary schools, Dogwood Elementary and Hawthorn Elementary, both serving students in the Camdenton R-III school district. While Dogwood Elementary has a larger enrollment of 618 students, Hawthorn Elementary serves 397 students.
Hawthorn Elementary has a longer history of state-wide school rankings, consistently placing in the bottom half of Missouri elementary schools over the past three years, earning a 2-star rating on the SchoolDigger system. In contrast, Dogwood Elementary does not have any state-wide ranking information available. Both schools, however, share a concerning issue of high chronic absenteeism rates, with 29% of students being chronically absent at each school, significantly higher than the state average.
When it comes to financial resources, the two schools have similar spending per student, with Dogwood Elementary at $12,235 and Hawthorn Elementary at $12,185. The student-teacher ratios are also relatively low, at 11.3 and 12.3, respectively. However, Hawthorn Elementary serves a higher percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 55.92%, compared to Dogwood Elementary's 46.76%, which may contribute to the school's lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates.
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