Summary:
The Saint Clair Area El/Middle School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Saint Clair Area School District. With a total enrollment of 536 students, the school has seen a decline in its state ranking over the past few years, dropping from 688 out of 1,534 Pennsylvania elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 780 out of 1,526 schools in 2023-2024, and further to 832 out of 1,511 schools in the 2024-2025 school year.
Academically, the school has struggled to meet state proficiency averages in PSSA Math and English Language Arts (ELA) across all grades. However, it has performed better in 5th grade Math, with 65.1% proficiency compared to the state average of 44%. Conversely, the school's 8th grade Math proficiency rate of 18.9% is significantly lower than the state average of 30.5%. In PSSA Science, the school's 4th grade proficiency rate of 88.8% is notably higher than the state average of 77.1%, but its 8th grade proficiency rate of 42.4% falls short of the state average of 54.5%.
The school faces additional challenges, including a high dropout rate of 1.4% in the 2023-2024 school year and a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 65.86% in the same year. Additionally, the school's per-student spending of $26 for the 2022-2023 school year is relatively low, which may contribute to the academic performance challenges. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.4 in 2023-2024 suggests a relatively small class size, but the overall data indicates that the Saint Clair Area El/Middle School faces significant hurdles in providing a high-quality education to its students.
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