Summary:
Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy is the sole elementary school located in this area, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 364 students. The school has a predominantly African American student population (92.03%) and faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance across all grade levels and subject areas compared to state averages.
The school's performance on state assessments (MAP tests) is alarmingly low, with proficiency rates well below the state averages. For example, in 3rd grade math, only 8.8% of students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 41.1%. The school's highest proficiency rate was in 4th grade math at 13.9%, but this is still far behind the state average of 43.8%. The school's science performance is also very low, with only 2.8% of 5th graders and 13.8% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to state averages of 40.9% and 37.8%, respectively.
Despite the school's higher-than-average per-student spending of $16,796 and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1, the academic performance remains consistently poor. This suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate its strategies and resource allocation to better support student learning and achievement. Additionally, the school's extremely high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (99.18%) indicates that the student population is facing significant economic challenges, which may be a contributing factor to the school's low academic performance.
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