Summary:
The data set provided contains information about a single high school, Ralph C Mahar Regional, which serves grades 7-12 and has a total enrollment of 523 students. The school is part of the Ralph C Mahar District, which is ranked 322 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Ralph C Mahar Regional has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 246 out of 342 Massachusetts high schools in 2021-2022 to 324 out of 348 in 2023-2024, with a 0-star rating. The school's MCAS test scores are significantly lower than the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 30.12% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 56.86%. The school's 4-year graduation rate is 80.2%, and its dropout rate is 15.4% for the 2022-2023 school year.
While the data set does not provide information about the school's free/reduced lunch rates, the school's per-student spending for the 2020-2021 school year was $18,470, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 9.1 for the 2022-2023 school year. These factors, along with the school's declining performance, suggest that further investigation into the school's demographic, socioeconomic, and contextual factors would be necessary to identify the root causes of its challenges and develop targeted strategies for improvement.
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