Summary:
The Spiro Elementary School is the sole elementary school serving the Spiro, Oklahoma area. The school serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade and faces significant challenges in academic performance and student demographics.
Spiro Elementary School consistently performs below the state average on standardized assessments in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better ranged from 15% to 33% in ELA and 13% to 39% in Math, compared to state averages of 24% to 27% and 26% to 35%, respectively. The school's science proficiency rate of 20% also falls short of the state average of 30%. Additionally, the school has a low statewide ranking, placing between the 288th and 361st out of 614 Oklahoma elementary schools.
Spiro Elementary School serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 83.39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. The school also faces challenges with chronic absenteeism, reporting a rate of 19.0% in the 2024-2025 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average. While the school's per-student spending of $7,663 and student-teacher ratio of 16.4 are not drastically different from state averages, these resource constraints may be contributing to the school's academic struggles.
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