Summary:
The city of Silver Springs, Florida has only one school serving grades PK-5: East Marion Elementary School. This school faces significant challenges, with academic performance consistently below the district and state averages, a declining statewide ranking, and a high chronic absenteeism rate of over 50%.
East Marion Elementary School serves a predominantly white student population, with 82.42% of students identifying as white. However, the school has a high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 79.19% of the student body. This suggests the school may be facing socioeconomic and demographic challenges that could be contributing to its academic struggles.
Compared to the Marion district and the state of Florida, East Marion Elementary School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Math, and Science are all below average. The school's performance has declined over the past three years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 2106 out of 2219 elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 1421 out of 2256 in 2023-2024. The school's high chronic absenteeism rate and slightly higher student-teacher ratio of 18.7 are also areas of concern that the school and district should address to improve educational outcomes for students.
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