Summary:
The city of Spiro, Oklahoma is home to three public schools: Spiro Elementary School, Spiro High School, and Spiro Middle School. These schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and face significant challenges in improving academic outcomes for the community.
Among the three schools, Spiro Middle School stands out as the highest-performing, with a statewide ranking of 148 out of 369 Oklahoma middle schools and a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has relatively strong test scores, particularly in 6th and 7th grade English Language Arts and 7th grade Mathematics. In contrast, Spiro High School has shown improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 266 out of 439 Oklahoma high schools in 2022-2023 to 198 out of 431 in 2023-2024, earning a 3-star rating, and maintaining a 82.2% four-year graduation rate.
However, all three Spiro schools face significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, below-average standardized test scores, and high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 70.4% at Spiro High School to 83.39% at Spiro Elementary School. These socioeconomic factors, along with potential differences in staffing and resource allocation, may be contributing to the academic struggles faced by the Spiro school district.
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