Summary:
The Washington Community Schools district in Indiana has only one high school, Washington High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has an enrollment of 780 students, with a diverse student body that is 68.33% White, 3.46% African American, 24.62% Hispanic, and a small percentage of Asian, Native American, and multiracial students.
Academically, Washington High School has struggled, ranking 243 out of 431 Indiana high schools with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance has fluctuated over the past few years, and its students have shown low proficiency in mathematics and science, with only 16.93% proficient or better in SAT Mathematics and just 2.96% proficient or better in the ILEARN Biology End of Course exam. However, the school's four-year graduation rate of 90.9% is relatively high, despite a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 43.9%.
Socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the academic challenges at Washington High School, as 58.46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's per-student spending of $11,447 and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3 suggest that the district may need to allocate more resources to support student success and address the high rates of absenteeism and low academic performance in certain subject areas.
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