Summary:
Joel E. Smilow Prep is the sole middle school serving grades 5-8 in the Joel E. Smillow Prep district in Jackson, Mississippi. With an enrollment of 564 students, the school has consistently underperformed academically, ranking in the bottom quarter of middle schools statewide and receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Joel E. Smilow Prep faces several challenges, including a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9%, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school's test scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics are well below the state average across all grade levels, with only 37.8% of 5th-grade students proficient or better in ELA compared to the state average of 55.9%. Additionally, 100% of the school's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite these challenges, the school's student-teacher ratio of 16.9 to 1 suggests that it has the potential to provide more individualized attention to its students. However, significant interventions and improvements will likely be necessary to address the school's low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rates, as well as to support the needs of its economically disadvantaged student population.
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