Summary:
The South Vermillion Com School Corp district in Indiana is home to two elementary schools: Central Elementary School and Van Duyn Elementary School. While both schools have similar student-teacher ratios and spending per student, Van Duyn Elementary stands out as the higher-performing school in the district.
Van Duyn Elementary consistently outperforms Central Elementary in key areas, such as test scores. In the 2023-2024 school year, 54.24% of Van Duyn students were proficient or better in Math, compared to only 38.76% at Central Elementary. Additionally, Van Duyn Elementary has a higher School Digger ranking, with a 3-star rating, while Central Elementary has a 1-star rating. Van Duyn also has a slightly more diverse student population, with 7.28% of students being non-white, compared to 2.83% at Central Elementary.
Despite the performance differences, both schools face challenges, such as relatively high chronic absenteeism rates and lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts compared to district and state averages. The district may need to address these issues and explore ways to improve equity and inclusion within the schools. Additionally, the similar spending per student at both schools suggests that the district is allocating resources evenly, but the performance differences indicate that other factors, such as teaching quality or curriculum, may be contributing to the disparities in student outcomes.
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