Summary:
The Apache Junction Unified District in Arizona has only one middle school, Cactus Canyon Junior High, which serves 702 students in grades 6-8. The school's academic performance is a concern, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics falling significantly below the state averages across all grade levels.
Cactus Canyon Junior High faces socioeconomic challenges, with nearly 50% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. This could be a contributing factor to the school's academic underperformance. Additionally, the school's dropout rate of 5.1% in the 2021-2022 school year is noteworthy. While the school's spending per student is $5,666, the student-teacher ratio of 19.3 suggests room for improvement in resource allocation and support for students.
Without any other middle schools in the district represented in the data, it is difficult to make meaningful comparisons or identify relative strengths and weaknesses of Cactus Canyon Junior High. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined from 498 out of 605 Arizona middle schools in 2021-2022 to 466 out of 533 in 2023-2024, indicating a relative decline in performance compared to other middle schools in the state.
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