Summary
Mark Twain Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 284 students in grades PK-4 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which is part of the Oklahoma City school district. Over the past several years, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Oklahoma elementary schools, with academic performance well below state and district averages.
Mark Twain Elementary struggles academically, with only 25% of students proficient or better in ELA and 35% in Math, compared to 26% and 26% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in 4th grade, where only 21% were proficient in ELA and 42% in Math, significantly behind the district averages. Additionally, the school has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 19% to 38.8% in recent years, which is likely a contributing factor to the poor academic outcomes. Despite these challenges, the school's low-income students, who make up 95% of the student population, perform relatively well compared to other low-income students in the state.
Interestingly, the nearby traditional public schools, such as Eugene Field, Cleveland, and Rockwood Elementary, also struggle academically and have high rates of poverty. However, some of these schools, like Cleveland, perform slightly better than Mark Twain on standardized tests, suggesting that factors beyond just socioeconomic status may be contributing to the academic challenges at Mark Twain. Additionally, the nearby John Rex Charter Elementary School outperforms the traditional public schools in the area, including Mark Twain, on academic measures, indicating that the charter school model may be providing some advantages in terms of academic outcomes for students in this area.
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