Summary:
The Lodge Grass Elementary school district in Montana has only one middle school, Lodge Grass 7-8, which serves grades 7-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom tier of Montana middle schools, with its students performing significantly below the state average on standardized tests.
In the 2024-2025 school year, only 0% of students at Lodge Grass 7-8 were proficient or better in English Language Arts and Science, compared to the state averages of 43.09% and 38.16%, respectively. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 8.33%, compared to the state average of 36.77%. Despite the school's low performance, it has relatively high per-student spending of $14,928 and a low student-teacher ratio of 10.5, which is lower than the state average.
The data suggests that the challenges faced by Lodge Grass 7-8 may not be due to a lack of resources, but rather other factors, such as teaching quality, curriculum, or community-level challenges. With 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school serves a community with high levels of economic disadvantage, which could be a contributing factor to the school's low academic performance.
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