Summary:
The city of Carlisle, Arkansas is home to two schools that are part of the Carlisle School District, which is ranked 198 out of 252 school districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Neither Carlisle Elementary School nor Carlisle High School stand out as high-performing, with both schools performing significantly below state averages in core academic subjects.
Carlisle Elementary School has an enrollment of 382 students and a student-teacher ratio of 12.6. The school's proficiency rates range from 29.3% in English Language Arts and Reading to 30.8% in Science, all well below the state averages. Carlisle High School, with an enrollment of 295 students and a student-teacher ratio of 10.7, fares even worse, with proficiency rates ranging from 13.1% in Mathematics to 25.2% in Science.
The Carlisle School District as a whole faces significant challenges, with high rates of economic disadvantage among its student populations, as evidenced by the free/reduced lunch rates of 63.61% at the elementary school and 56.61% at the high school. Despite relatively low student-teacher ratios and similar per-student spending at both schools, the academic performance across the district remains well below state standards, indicating a need for comprehensive improvements to address the underlying factors contributing to the low student outcomes.
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