Summary:
The 74536 zip code area is home to two small schools - Crain Elementary School and Clayton High School. Both schools have consistently low statewide rankings and struggle with below-average academic performance, with proficiency rates well below state averages in English Language Arts and Math.
Crain Elementary School has a small enrollment of 133 students and a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19%. Only 20% of its students are proficient or better in ELA, and just 15% are proficient or better in Math, compared to state averages of 26% in both subjects. In contrast, Clayton High School has an even smaller enrollment of 106 students and an even lower graduation rate of 82.2%, below the state average. Its academic performance is also significantly below par, with only 21% of 11th graders proficient or better in ELA and a mere 6% in Math, compared to state averages of 37% and 18% respectively.
Both schools serve a predominantly economically disadvantaged student population, with 68.42% of Crain Elementary School students and 56.6% of Clayton High School students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the higher spending per student at Clayton High School ($16,734 compared to $9,668 at Crain Elementary), the schools in this Clayton district continue to struggle to provide a high-quality education to their students.
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