Summary:
The North Side Community School district in Missouri operates two schools: North Side Community School, an elementary school, and North Side Community-Grand Center, a middle school. Both schools serve a predominantly African American student population, with extremely high rates of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges in the community.
Academically, neither school is performing well. North Side Community School ranked 783 out of 898 Missouri elementary schools, with only 17.6% of 3rd graders and 21.3% of 4th graders proficient or better in math, and 22.4% of 3rd graders proficient or better in English Language Arts. North Side Community-Grand Center fared slightly better, ranking 406 out of 459 Missouri middle schools, but still had very low proficiency rates in math and science across all grade levels.
Despite the high per-student spending at both schools, the academic outcomes remain very poor, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be enough to drive meaningful improvements in student achievement. The North Side Community School district may benefit from implementing targeted, evidence-based interventions to address the specific learning needs of its student population and help these schools break out of their consistently low performance.
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