Summary:
The 65251 zip code area is home to two middle schools: Fulton Middle and Wheeler Middle. While Fulton Middle is the larger and higher-performing of the two, both schools face unique challenges in providing quality education to their students.
Fulton Middle has a significantly larger student population of 528 students compared to Wheeler Middle's 13 students. Fulton Middle also has a higher statewide ranking, with a 2-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger, while Wheeler Middle has consistently ranked near the bottom of Missouri middle schools with a 0-star rating. However, Fulton Middle's academic performance is still below state averages in several areas, and it has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.6%.
In contrast, Wheeler Middle has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 28.0% and consistently low performance, indicating the need for significant improvement. The schools also differ in their student populations, with Fulton Middle serving a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, as evidenced by its 47.92% free/reduced lunch rate, compared to Wheeler Middle's 23.08% rate.
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