Summary:
Academic Arts High School is the only high school located in West Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 104 students. Based on the available data, this school appears to be underperforming compared to state averages, with significant challenges in student achievement, graduation rates, and dropout prevention.
The Academic Arts High School has a fluctuating statewide ranking between 356 and 432 out of 472-480 high schools, and it is rated only 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. The school's student body is predominantly White (47.12%), with significant Hispanic (25.96%) and African American (16.35%) populations, and 24.04% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2021-2022 school year was only 37.5%, well below the state average, and its dropout rate for the same year was 21.8%, which is very high compared to the state average.
Academically, the school's proficiency rates on the MCA-III standardized tests are significantly lower than the state averages, particularly in mathematics, with only 7.69% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 34.99%. Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.8 to 1, the data suggests that Academic Arts High School is struggling to provide a high-quality education for its students and may need to implement significant improvements and interventions to better support their academic and social-emotional outcomes.
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