Summary:
There is one middle school located within the Columbus Elementary district in Columbus, Montana - Columbus Middle School. This middle school serves students in grades 6-8 and has an enrollment of 165 students. While the school has a strong reading proficiency rate, its math proficiency lags behind the state average, suggesting an area for improvement.
Columbus Middle School has a reading proficiency rate of 58.18%, which is significantly higher than the state average of 46.03%. However, its math proficiency rate of 29.09% is below the state average of 36.59%. The school's science proficiency rate of 37.78% is slightly above the state average of 37.03%. In terms of rankings, the school has fluctuated in its state ranking over the past three years, going from 63 out of 190 schools in 2021-2022 to 84 out of 200 schools in 2020-2021, and then back up to 76 out of 187 schools in 2022-2023.
The student population at Columbus Middle School is predominantly white, with only small percentages of other racial and ethnic groups represented. This lack of diversity may be an area for the school to focus on. Additionally, when comparing the middle school's performance to the nearby Columbus Elementary school, the elementary school outperformed the middle school in both math and science, suggesting a potential need to examine the transition from elementary to middle school.
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