Summary:
The Mountain Pine School District in Arkansas has only one elementary school, Mountain Pine Elementary School, which serves grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 342 students. The school's academic performance is a significant concern, as its standardized test scores are consistently well below the state averages in Arkansas across all subject areas and grade levels.
In the 2023-2024 school year, only 21.8% of Mountain Pine Elementary School students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 33.8%. The school's math proficiency rates are also very low, with only 19.5% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 36.4%. Science proficiency rates are similarly low, with only 21.6% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 35.6%. The school's overall performance and ranking by SchoolDigger, a respected school evaluation organization, is quite low, with the school ranked 398 out of 497 Arkansas elementary schools and rated only 1 out of 5 stars.
The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 100% in the 2022-2023 school year, indicates that the school serves a predominantly low-income population, which may contribute to the academic challenges it faces. Despite the school's slightly higher per-student spending and student-teacher ratio compared to the state averages, these factors do not appear to be translating into better academic outcomes, suggesting that simply increasing funding or reducing class sizes may not be the sole solution to the school's performance issues.
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