Summary:
The city of Opal, South Dakota has only one school, Opal Elementary - 15, which serves grades K-8 with a total of 14 students. The school is part of the Meade School District 46-1, which is ranked 65 out of 147 school districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Opal Elementary - 15 has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% compared to the state average. The school's test scores are generally lower than the district and state averages, particularly in English Language Arts (ELA) and Science. For example, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades is 22.22%, compared to 52.14% for the district and 50.93% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades is 33.33%, compared to 45.52% for the district and 43.49% for the state.
Despite the lower academic performance, Opal Elementary - 15 has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.5 to 1 and a per-student spending of $14,904, which is higher than the state average. However, these factors do not seem to be translating into higher test scores for the school. The data suggests that Opal Elementary - 15 is a small, rural school facing challenges in terms of student academic performance and attendance, and the school and district may need to focus on identifying and addressing the root causes of these issues.
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