Summary:
The Black Butte Union Elementary district in California has only one middle school, Black Butte Junior High, serving grades 6-8. With just 75 students, the school faces significant challenges, including consistently low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Black Butte Junior High has consistently underperformed compared to state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency rates over the past two school years. The school's proficiency rates range from 10.71% to 43.48% in ELA and 7.14% to 21.74% in Mathematics, well below the state averages of 45.82% to 47.19% and 31.57% to 34.31%, respectively. Additionally, the school's Science proficiency rate of 21.74% is lower than the state average of 28.95%.
Compounding these academic challenges, Black Butte Junior High has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 46.5%, significantly higher than the state average. The school also serves a population with significant economic disadvantages, with 65.33% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. These factors likely contribute to the school's declining statewide ranking, dropping from 2017 in the 2022-2023 school year to 2134 in the 2023-2024 school year out of 2,777 California middle schools.
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