Summary:
Elgin School District 23 in Oregon has only one elementary school, Stella Mayfield Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 with an enrollment of 230 students. While the school's academic performance has declined in recent years, it faces some significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism and serving a high-poverty student population.
Stella Mayfield Elementary School's ranking has dropped from 497 out of 710 Oregon elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 387 out of 706 schools in 2024-2025, indicating its performance is worsening compared to other schools in the state. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts are above the state average in some grades, but its Mathematics and Science proficiency rates are consistently below the state average, suggesting a need to focus on improving math and science instruction.
Additionally, the school has a chronic absenteeism rate of 34.3%, which is significantly higher than the state average. This, combined with the fact that 68.26% of the school's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicates that the school faces socioeconomic challenges that may be impacting student outcomes. Despite these challenges, the school's per-student spending is higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio is lower than the state average, which could provide opportunities for targeted interventions and support to address the school's performance issues.
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