Summary:
The Binghamton City School District in New York contains a single high school, Binghamton High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The data reveals that Binghamton High School is facing significant challenges, with a declining statewide ranking, underperformance on standardized tests, high rates of poverty and chronic absenteeism, and mixed resource allocation.
Binghamton High School's statewide ranking has dropped from 836 out of 1,190 New York high schools in 2021-2022 to 941 out of 1,242 in 2023-2024, indicating a decline in overall performance. The school's proficiency rates on Regents/Common Core exams range from 12.31% in Algebra I to 73.46% in U.S. History and Government, which are generally below the state average. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate of 84.3% and dropout rate of 4.9% are both worse than the state averages.
Socioeconomic factors also appear to be impacting the school's performance, with a high proportion (68.75%) of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a chronic absenteeism rate of 34.1%, which is significantly higher than the state average. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.4 and spends $17,143 per student, which is higher than the state average, these resources do not seem to be translating into improved academic outcomes for the students at Binghamton High School.
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