Summary:
Richard Allen Academy is the sole elementary school located in the Richard Allen Academy district, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 111 students. The school's performance data suggests it is struggling, with consistently lower test scores, higher chronic absenteeism, and lower spending per student compared to state averages.
Richard Allen Academy has consistently underperformed compared to state averages across multiple academic subjects and grade levels over the past two school years. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 7.7% in 5th grade math to 53.3% in 3rd grade English Language Arts, significantly lower than the state averages. The school's performance in science is particularly low, with only 15.4% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to the state average of 63.4%. Additionally, the school had a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9% in 2024-2025, which is much higher than the state average.
The data also shows that Richard Allen Academy has a lower spending per student of $8,076 for the 2018-2019 school year, compared to the state average. However, the school does have a lower student-teacher ratio of 13:1 in the 2023-2024 school year, which is better than the state average. Overall, the performance and resource data suggest that Richard Allen Academy faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education for its students.
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