Summary:
The city of Providence, Kentucky has only one public elementary school, Providence Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 with 290 students. The school's performance has been consistently below the Webster County and Kentucky state averages on state assessments in both mathematics and reading, ranking 610 out of 685 Kentucky elementary schools for the 2023-2024 school year with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Providence Elementary School faces significant challenges, including a high rate of free/reduced lunch recipients at 75.86% in 2022-2023, indicating a predominantly low-income student population. The school's spending per student was $7,867 in the 2018-2019 school year, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.1 for the 2022-2023 school year. The school's statewide ranking has also declined from 408 out of 687 Kentucky elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 610 out of 685 in 2023-2024, suggesting a relative decline in performance compared to other schools in the state.
The data highlights the need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes and overall school quality at Providence Elementary School. The consistently low academic performance, high poverty rates, and declining statewide ranking suggest that the school may benefit from additional resources and strategies to address the unique challenges it faces in providing a quality education to its students.
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