Summary:
The city of Independence, California is home to two schools - Owens Valley Elementary and Owens Valley High, both part of the Owens Valley Unified school district. These schools face significant challenges, with small enrollments, poor academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and high rates of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Owens Valley Elementary has a relatively small enrollment of 69 students and struggles with low proficiency rates on standardized tests, well below the state averages in English Language Arts, Math, and Science. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 41.0% and a relatively high free/reduced lunch rate of 55.07%, indicating a high-need student population. In contrast, Owens Valley High has an extremely small enrollment of only 19 students and also performs poorly on standardized tests, with no test score data available.
Both schools have very small student-teacher ratios, suggesting that class size is not the primary issue. The high chronic absenteeism rates at both schools, 41.0% for the elementary school and 44.4% for the high school, are particularly concerning and likely contribute to the poor academic outcomes. Overall, the data paints a picture of two struggling schools in the Owens Valley Unified School District that are facing significant challenges and require further investigation to determine the root causes and develop targeted interventions to support these schools and their students.
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