Summary:
Argonia Public Schools has a single Argonia Elementary school serving students in grades K-6. Located in Argonia, Kansas, the school has a small student population of 69 and faces socioeconomic challenges, with nearly half of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite these challenges, Argonia Elementary has shown mixed performance on state assessments, outperforming the district and state averages in some subjects and grade levels, while underperforming in others.
Argonia Elementary's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 298th out of 668 Kansas elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 357th out of 653 in 2023-2024. The school's performance on state assessments (KAP) is a mix, with Argonia Elementary outperforming the Argonia Public Schools district and the state in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics for all grades in 2023-2024, but underperforming in Science. In 2022-2023, the school outperformed the district and state in ELA for all grades and 4th grade, but underperformed in Mathematics for all grades and 4th grade.
Despite the school's challenges, Argonia Elementary appears to be allocating resources effectively, with a relatively high per-student spending of $13,221 in the 2018-2019 school year and a low student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7 in the 2022-2023 school year. These factors suggest that the school is making efforts to support student learning, though further investigation would be needed to fully understand the factors contributing to its performance.
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