Summary:
Discovery Charter School is the sole elementary school in the Discovery Charter School district, serving students from kindergarten through 6th grade. The school has consistently struggled with low academic performance, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Pennsylvania elementary schools over the past three years.
Discovery Charter School has significantly below-average proficiency rates in math, English Language Arts, and science compared to the state. The school's math proficiency ranges from 0% to 22.9%, while the state average is 30.5% to 53.5%. Similarly, the school's ELA proficiency rates, ranging from 7.1% to 46.9%, fall short of the state average of 44.7% to 49.3%. The school's science proficiency rate of 33.1% is also well below the state average of 65.8%.
Despite the school's higher-than-average spending of $14,464 per student and a student-teacher ratio of 19.4, the academic performance remains consistently poor. This suggests that the additional funding may not be effectively translated into improved educational outcomes. Furthermore, the school serves a high-poverty student population, with a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate, which can present unique challenges that the school may be struggling to address.
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