Summary:
The East Carolina Community School district contains a single elementary school, ECU Community School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. This school faces significant challenges, with a student population that is 95.93% African American and a high rate of 94.31% free or reduced-price lunch recipients, indicating a predominantly low-income community.
Academically, ECU Community School has a mixed performance record, with strong proficiency rates in 5th grade mathematics and science, but weaker results in 3rd and 4th grade reading. Despite these challenges, the school has improved its statewide ranking over the past three years, moving from 986th in 2021-2022 to 672nd in 2023-2024, suggesting that the school may be making progress. Additionally, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.4 to 1 indicates that it has the potential to provide more individualized attention and support to its students.
Overall, while ECU Community School faces significant obstacles, the data suggests that there may be opportunities for targeted interventions and support to help the school better serve its students and community. The school's improvement in statewide ranking and low student-teacher ratio are positive signs, but the school will need to continue to address the academic performance challenges, particularly in reading, and the socioeconomic factors that impact its student population.
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