Summary:
The city of Ava, Missouri is home to 4 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The schools in Ava demonstrate a mix of academic performance, with Ava High School and Ava Elementary School standing out as the top performers in the area.
Ava High School is the highest-ranked school in the data set, ranking 72 out of 352 Missouri high schools and earning a 4-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school also boasts the highest student-teacher ratio, indicating smaller class sizes. In contrast, Ava Middle School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 149 out of 454 Missouri middle schools in 2020-2021 to 216 out of 459 in 2022-2023, with test scores below the state average.
Ava Elementary School has maintained a consistent 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past 3 school years and outperformed the state average in both Math and English Language Arts proficiency for grades 3 and 4. However, Plainview Elementary, with the highest spending per student at $12,407, has the lowest academic performance among the schools, potentially due to its small size and the challenges of maintaining a high-quality education with limited resources. The data also suggests a correlation between socioeconomic status and academic achievement, with schools serving a higher percentage of students from low-income families tending to have lower test scores.
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