Summary:
The La Crescent Montessori & STEM School district in Minnesota is home to two small schools: La Crescent Montessori & STEM Academy, an elementary school, and La Crescent Sec Montessori/STEM, a high school. While the elementary school has a 100% white student population, the high school is more diverse, with 97.67% white and 2.33% African American students.
Academically, both schools struggle, with the elementary school performing below the state average on MCA-III math and reading assessments, and the high school having very low proficiency rates in math, reading, and science compared to state averages. Both schools are ranked in the bottom half of their respective school types in Minnesota, with the elementary school ranked 560 out of 881 elementary schools and the high school lacking a statewide ranking.
Despite their small size, with fewer than 50 students each, both schools have relatively low student-teacher ratios. However, the higher-than-average free/reduced lunch rates at both schools, 35.42% at the elementary school and 39.53% at the high school, suggest a significant portion of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, which may have implications for the schools' resource needs and the support required to address any achievement gaps.
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