Summary:
The 98851 zip code is home to a single high school, Soap Lake Middle & High School, which serves students in grades 6-12. The school faces significant academic challenges, with standardized test scores well below the state averages across all subject areas and grade levels.
Soap Lake Middle & High School's academic performance is a major concern, with only 18.49% of students proficient in English Language Arts and just 9.4% proficient in Math, compared to state averages of 52.63% and 41.68%, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate of 80% is also below the desired level, and its dropout rate of 12.7% is quite high. These academic struggles may be exacerbated by the school's high rate of free/reduced lunch recipients (91.51%), indicating a predominantly low-income student population.
Despite the relatively high spending per student ($18,144), the Soap Lake School District appears to be struggling to effectively utilize its resources to support student learning. The school's demographic composition, with a majority White population (56.09%) and a significant Hispanic population (41.7%), may also warrant further investigation into potential disparities in academic outcomes and the school's ability to meet the diverse needs of its student body.
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