Summary:
The 69155 zip code is home to a single high school, Paxton High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. While the school has seen fluctuations in its performance over the past few years, it has maintained a graduation rate slightly above the state average and has demonstrated some academic strengths, particularly in English Language Arts and Science.
Paxton High School's statewide ranking has ranged from 107 out of 168 high schools in 2023-2024 to 206 out of 215 in 2022-2023, and its SchoolDigger rating has varied from 2 stars out of 5 to 0 stars during this period. The school's 4-year graduation rate for 2023-2024 is 88.1%, which is slightly above the state average, but its chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1% is higher than the state average. In terms of academic performance, Paxton High School's 11th-grade students have outperformed the state average in ACT/English Language Arts and ACT/Science, but have fallen short in ACT/Mathematics.
Paxton High School serves a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 38.14% for the 2022-2023 school year, and its per-student spending for that year was $24,942, which is higher than the state average. The school also has a low student-teacher ratio of 9.1 for the 2022-2023 school year, which may provide students with more personalized attention. Overall, while Paxton High School has faced some challenges in maintaining consistent academic performance, it appears to be serving a more economically disadvantaged student population and may be leveraging its small size and higher per-student spending to support student success.
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