Summary:
The 56088 zip code is home to two schools, Truman Elementary and Truman Secondary, both part of the Truman Public School District. While the schools share a similar demographic profile, with a predominantly white student population, they face distinct academic challenges and strengths.
Truman Elementary is a relatively small school with 158 students, struggling with consistently low performance on MCA-III tests, with only 31.08% proficient or better in math and 41.89% in reading. The school also has a high percentage of free and reduced lunch recipients (67.72%) and a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 16.4. In contrast, Truman Secondary, with only 88 students, has a 100% four-year graduation rate and 0% dropout rate, despite its own academic struggles, with only 24% proficient or better in math and 52.08% in reading.
The data highlights the need for a deeper understanding of the factors contributing to the academic underperformance of these schools, particularly in light of the high poverty rates and demographic homogeneity. However, the positive outlier of Truman Secondary's graduation and dropout rates suggests that there may be successful strategies or approaches that could be leveraged to improve overall student outcomes in the district.
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