Summary:
The city of Arma, Kansas is home to two schools: Northeast Elementary and North East High. Both schools have consistently low performance on state assessments, ranking in the bottom half of their respective school types in Kansas. Despite relatively low student-teacher ratios, the schools serve predominantly low-income communities, with high percentages of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Northeast Elementary has a proficiency rate in English Language Arts and Mathematics that is around 20-25 percentage points below the state averages. North East High performs even worse, with only 12% of 10th-grade students proficient in English Language Arts and 4% proficient in Mathematics. Both schools spend a relatively high amount per student, but the low academic performance suggests potential issues with resource allocation and utilization.
The data suggests that the schools in Arma, Kansas are facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to their students. The combination of low academic performance, high-poverty student populations, and potential resource allocation concerns warrants further investigation and targeted interventions to support these schools and their communities.
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