Summary:
The city of Blue Springs, Nebraska has only one school in the data set - Southern Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 and is part of the Southern School District 1. This district is ranked 158 out of 182 districts in Nebraska and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Southern Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Nebraska elementary schools, with its performance on standardized tests falling below the state average. In 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in NSCAS/English Language Arts ranged from 41% to 64%, compared to the state average of 57.43% to 58.98%. In NSCAS/Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 44% to 55%, compared to the state average of 57.22% to 61.1%. Additionally, the school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate of 79.31% in 2023-2024 is slightly below the state average of 82.59%. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.1% in 2023-2024 is also a concerning metric.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.5 and higher per-student spending of $19,569 for the 2022-2023 school year, these factors do not seem to be translating into improved academic outcomes. The data suggests that Southern Elementary School is struggling to meet the academic needs of its students and is underperforming compared to other elementary schools in Nebraska. Addressing the school's low performance, high chronic absenteeism, and other areas of concern should be a priority for the school district and local education authorities.
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