Summary:
The city of Dillon, South Carolina is home to 5 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The data reveals a district facing significant challenges, with consistently low performance across multiple metrics compared to state averages.
While Dillon Middle School stands out as a relative bright spot, with 100% of its students proficient or better in Algebra 1/Mathematics, the other schools in the Dillon 04 district struggle. For example, only 32.03% of Dillon High School students were proficient or better in English 1, compared to the state average of 61.66%. Additionally, the district's four-year graduation rate of 85.4% is below the state average, and all schools have a high chronic absenteeism rate of 22.5%.
The data also reveals potential funding disparities within the district, with per-student spending ranging from $10,545 at Dillon High School to $13,556 at East Elementary. Additionally, all schools in the district have 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating extremely high poverty levels that likely contribute to the academic challenges faced by these schools.
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