Summary:
The Brookings-Harbor School District 17C in Oregon has only one elementary school, Kalmiopsis Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 5th grade. The school's performance on standardized tests is consistently below the district and state averages, and it faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism and a student population with a relatively high level of economic disadvantage.
Kalmiopsis Elementary School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 5th-grade proficiency rates were 26.6% in ELA, 22.8% in Math, and 23.2% in Science, compared to the state averages of 46.7%, 31.3%, and 30.4%, respectively. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 34.3% in the 2023-2024 school year is alarmingly high, which may be contributing to the low academic performance.
Despite the school's higher-than-average spending per student of $16,829 in the 2022-2023 school year, and a student-teacher ratio of 17:1 in the 2023-2024 school year, the academic performance remains poor. This suggests that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving student outcomes. The high percentage of students (66.06%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year indicates that the school serves a population with a relatively high level of economic disadvantage, which can be a significant barrier to academic achievement.
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