Summary:
Ritzville School District serves about 415 students in the Ritzville area through three schools covering PK–12: Ritzville Grade School for PK–5, Lind Ritzville Middle School for grades 6–8, and Ritzville High School for grades 9–12. Overall, the district ranks in the 56th percentile statewide, but school results vary considerably.
Ritzville Grade School is the district’s highest-ranked school, at the 64th percentile, and has its strongest results in math: 58.54% of students are proficient, well above the state rate of 43.11%. Its ELA performance is near the state average, while science is a weaker area. Ritzville High School has the district’s strongest ELA performance, with 72.22% of students proficient compared with 52.81% statewide. High school math improved notably, but remains below the state, and science fell sharply from the prior year. The high school also has the lowest student-teacher ratio, at 12.7, compared with 16.2 at the grade school.
Lind Ritzville Middle School is the clearest area for improvement. It ranks at the 25th percentile and has a one-star rating, with proficiency below the district and state in ELA, math, and science. Science is especially challenging, at just 20% proficient, while eighth-grade math is 24%. Its reported student-teacher ratio of 39.9 is much higher than at the other schools, and its reported per-student spending is substantially lower, making staffing and resource allocation important issues to review. Across the district, science is the most consistent academic weakness, so families may want to watch for improvements in middle-school support, science instruction, and the transition from elementary to secondary grades.
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