Summary:
The Jefferson County North school district in Kansas has two schools - Jefferson County North Elementary/Middle and Jefferson County North High. The elementary/middle school serves grades PK-8 and has an enrollment of 325 students, while the high school serves grades 9-12 and has an enrollment of 115 students.
The data shows that the elementary/middle school has a mixed performance on state assessments, with some grade levels performing above the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics, while others are below average. The high school, on the other hand, has generally lower performance on state assessments compared to the state average, particularly in 10th grade English Language Arts and Mathematics. Interestingly, the high school's performance on the 11th grade Science assessment is above the state average.
Both schools face socioeconomic challenges, with relatively high free/reduced lunch rates of over 33%. The high school, however, has a higher spending per student ($14,638) and a lower student-teacher ratio (7.9) compared to the elementary/middle school ($10,885 and 15.7, respectively). This resource allocation difference may be a factor in the declining performance observed at the high school level, which has dropped in the Jefferson County North rankings from 98 out of 324 in 2021-2022 to 219 out of 318 in 2023-2024.
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