Summary:
The 73562 zip code area is home to two small, rural schools - Big Pasture Elementary School and Big Pasture High School, both part of the Big Pasture school district. These schools have faced declining academic performance over the past decade, with both seeing significant drops in their statewide rankings.
Big Pasture Elementary School has a relatively small enrollment of 151 students and has seen its statewide ranking drop from 161 out of 957 in 2014-2015 to 451 out of 614 in 2024-2025. The school struggles with below-average test scores, particularly in math, and has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19%. In contrast, Big Pasture High School, with an even smaller enrollment of just 59 students, has also seen its statewide ranking decline, from 76 out of 449 in 2014-2015 to 176 out of 463 in 2024-2025. The high school has a relatively low 4-year graduation rate of 82.2% and mixed test score performance, with some subjects above the state average and others, like math, well below.
Both schools serve a high percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, with 68.87% at the elementary school and 66.1% at the high school. This suggests significant socioeconomic challenges facing the student populations. Additionally, the higher per-student spending at the high school compared to the elementary school raises questions about how resources are being allocated and whether they are being used effectively to support student learning across the district.
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