Summary:
The Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1 in South Dakota has only one middle school, Alcester-Hudson Junior High - 03, which serves grades 7-8. While the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, it has some areas of strength, including higher-than-average 7th-grade proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to the district and state.
Alcester-Hudson Junior High - 03 has a relatively small student population of 49 students, with a 30.61% free and reduced-price lunch rate, which is higher than the state average. The school district spends $9,785 per student, which is higher than the state average, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.5, lower than the state average. However, the school's overall proficiency rates in ELA (45.28%) and Mathematics (33.96%) are below the district and state averages, indicating potential challenges in ensuring consistent academic achievement across all grade levels.
While the data provides a mixed picture of the school's performance, the higher per-student spending and smaller class sizes may be an effort to address the needs of the student population, which has a higher-than-average rate of economic disadvantage. Further analysis and comparison to other schools in the district or state could provide additional insights to help the school and district address the identified challenges and support student success.
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