Summary:
The city of Park Rapids, Minnesota is home to a single elementary school, Park Rapids Area Century Elementary, which serves grades PK-4 and has an enrollment of 618 students. The school's performance and characteristics provide a mixed picture, with strengths in math proficiency but challenges in reading and fluctuating rankings.
Park Rapids Area Century Elementary outperforms both the Park Rapids Public School District and the state of Minnesota in math proficiency, with 60.83% of students scoring proficient or better on the MCA-III Math assessment compared to 36.82% for the district and 45.47% for the state. However, the school lags behind the state's 49.85% reading proficiency rate, with only 47.08% of its students scoring proficient or better on the MCA-III Reading assessment. The school's ranking within Minnesota has also fluctuated in recent years, from 212th in 2021-2022 to 326th in 2022-2023 and 374th in 2023-2024.
Other notable characteristics of Park Rapids Area Century Elementary include a high percentage of students (62.3%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high-need population, as well as a low student-teacher ratio of 12:1, suggesting smaller class sizes that may benefit student learning and engagement. Overall, the school demonstrates strengths in math performance but faces challenges in reading proficiency and maintaining a consistent ranking among Minnesota elementary schools.
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