Summary:
Inquiry Charter School is the sole elementary school in the Inquiry Charter School district, serving grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 268 students. Despite higher-than-average spending per student and a relatively low student-teacher ratio, the school is consistently underperforming, ranking in the bottom quarter of Pennsylvania elementary schools and falling significantly behind state averages in both math and English language arts proficiency.
Inquiry Charter School has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger and has ranked between 1141-1198 out of around 1500 schools in the state over the past three school years. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 27.9% of students were proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 41.7%, and only 29.8% were proficient or better in English language arts, compared to the state average of 48.5%. The school serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 75.75% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024.
Despite the additional resources invested in Inquiry Charter School, the data indicates that the school is struggling to meet the academic needs of its students. The consistently low performance across multiple grade levels and subject areas suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate its instructional strategies and resource allocation to better support student learning and achievement.
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