Summary:
The Excel Center - Anderson is the only public charter high school serving grades 9-12 in the Excel Center - Anderson district in Indiana. With a total enrollment of 272 students, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Indiana high schools over the past three years, receiving a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The school faces significant challenges, including a high rate of chronic absenteeism (95.1%), a low 4-year graduation rate (17.8%), and poor academic performance on standardized tests, with only 7.14% of students proficient or better in SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing, and 0% proficient in SAT Mathematics. These factors are likely interconnected and contribute to the school's overall poor performance, which is further exacerbated by the high percentage of students (84.19%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a significant socioeconomic disadvantage.
The school's relatively low per-student spending of $4,599 in the 2021-2022 school year and a high student-teacher ratio of 20.9 may indicate that the school is operating with limited resources, which could be a contributing factor to its poor performance. Addressing the school's challenges will require a comprehensive and sustained effort to improve the educational outcomes for the students it serves.
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