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Blue River Valley Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 322 students in grades PK-6 in New Castle, Indiana, which is part of the New Castle Community School Corp district.
While Blue River Valley Elementary School has seen a significant increase in spending per student, from $6,702 in 2018-2019 to $12,298 in 2021-2022, its performance has not shown significant improvement. The school has lower test scores than the state and surrounding school averages, with only 32.43% of students proficient or better in ILEARN/English Language Arts and 45.95% in ILEARN/Math, compared to state averages of 38.6-41.8% and 38.1-52.4%, respectively. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 15.2%, much higher than the surrounding schools, which range from 2.7% to 34.6%. Blue River Valley Elementary also has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 55.9%, compared to the surrounding schools, which range from 36.54% to 82.12%.
When compared to nearby schools, such as Shenandoah Elementary School, Hagerstown Elementary School, and Indiana Digital Elementary, Blue River Valley Elementary School stands out as having a significantly higher percentage of white students, at 93.48%, compared to the surrounding schools, which range from 81.29% to 95.2%. This lack of diversity may be a factor in the school's overall performance. Additionally, Blue River Valley Elementary School's statewide ranking has declined over the past several years, from 422 out of 1,033 Indiana elementary schools in 2016-2017 to 533 out of 1,010 in 2023-2024, indicating that the school is not keeping pace with the performance of other elementary schools in the state.
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