Summary:
Academy Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single middle school, Academy Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 in Little River Academy, Texas, with a total enrollment of 417 students. The district itself is highly ranked, placing in the top 20% of all Texas school districts with a 4-star rating, and the school has shown a positive trend, moving from the 68th to the 76th percentile in state rankings over recent years.
Academy Middle demonstrates notable strengths in reading and advanced math. In the most recent testing year, all three grade levels outperformed the state average in Reading, with 7th grade achieving 68.31% proficiency compared to the state's 54.04%. The school also excels in Algebra I, a high school-level course taken by 8th graders, where 68.75% of students were proficient, well above the state average of 54.03%. However, performance is uneven in other areas. While 8th-grade math proficiency is strong at 54.79%, 7th-grade math lags at 28.24%, just below the state average. A significant weakness is in 8th Grade Social Studies, where only 21.77% of students were proficient, nearly 10 points below the state average of 31.69%.
Despite these challenges, the school shows positive momentum in several key areas, such as a 17.94 percentage point jump in 7th Grade Reading proficiency between the two most recent school years. With a student-teacher ratio of 14.4, spending per student of $8,418, and a 0.0% dropout rate, Academy Middle achieves strong academic results, particularly in reading and advanced math, suggesting efficient resource use and effective teaching. The school's 34.29% economic disadvantage rate indicates a diverse student body, and its overall performance points to a positive and improving learning environment.
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