Summary:
The School for Deaf district in Kansas operates two schools: School for Deaf High and School for Deaf Elementary. Both schools are performing significantly below state averages on key metrics like test scores and district rankings, indicating a clear need for improvement in the district.
School for Deaf High is ranked 263 out of 318 Kansas high schools and has a 1-star rating, while School for Deaf Elementary is ranked 635 out of 668 Kansas elementary schools and has a 0-star rating. Both schools perform well below the state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grades, with the high school's 10th-grade ELA proficiency at just 9.09% compared to the state average of 27.57%, and the elementary school having 0% proficiency in ELA for all grades, compared to the state average of 33.55%.
The data also shows that the School for Deaf district faces challenges, with high free/reduced lunch rates of 38.33% at the high school and 29.82% at the elementary school. The student-teacher ratios are relatively low, at 4.6 for the high school and 4.7 for the elementary school. Overall, the consistently low performance across multiple metrics suggests that the district and school leadership should prioritize developing targeted strategies to address the underlying issues and improve student outcomes.
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