Summary:
The city of Seiling, Oklahoma is home to a single elementary school, Seiling Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school's performance has been inconsistent in recent years, with a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger for the 2024-2025 school year, down from a 3-star rating in the previous two years.
Seiling Elementary School's academic proficiency lags behind the state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels, with only 12% of 3rd-grade students proficient in ELA compared to the state average of 27%. However, the school performs better in Science, with a 5th-grade proficiency rate of 46% compared to the state average of 33%. The school serves a population with a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 53.33% in the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite the school's challenges, it maintains a reasonable per-student spending of $10,495 and a student-teacher ratio of 12.2 for the 2023-2024 school year. Seiling school district and Seiling Elementary School will need to focus on improving core academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics, while also leveraging their relative strength in Science. Addressing the high poverty rates and ensuring effective resource allocation could be crucial in driving sustainable improvements at the school.
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