Summary:
The city of Macon, North Carolina has only one school in the data set, Vaughan Elementary, which is part of the Warren County Schools district. This district is ranked 216 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating significant challenges in the school system.
Vaughan Elementary's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in Mathematics, Reading, and Science, has been consistently below the district and state averages over the past two school years. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 5th-grade proficiency rates were 40.9% in Mathematics, 50% in Reading, and 50% in Science, compared to the state averages of 59.3%, 52.9%, and 62%, respectively. This suggests that Vaughan Elementary is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students.
The data also reveals that Vaughan Elementary has a very high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 98.09% in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Despite the higher per-student spending of $14,074 for the 2018-2019 school year and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 16.8 for the 2023-2024 school year, the school's academic performance remains below average, raising questions about the effective allocation and utilization of resources to support student learning.
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