Lackawanna City School District

The Lackawanna City School District in New York operates 4 schools, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The district as a whole is performing poorly, ranking 832 out of 865 districts in the state and receiving a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very low overall performance.

Lackawanna High School stands out as a potential bright spot, with a relatively high graduation rate of 84.3% compared to the district and state averages. However, the school still underperforms the state on many Regents exams, and it has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.1%. In contrast, Martin Road Elementary School consistently performs poorly on state assessments in English Language Arts and Math, with proficiency rates well below the state average, and has the highest percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients (85.54%) among the schools in the district.

The data suggests that the Lackawanna City School District faces systemic challenges, with all schools ranking in the bottom quartile of their respective school types in New York. The high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch indicate that the schools serve a predominantly low-income population, which likely contributes to the low academic performance across the district. Addressing these issues and providing targeted support to the high-poverty schools will be crucial to improving educational outcomes for the students in the Lackawanna City School District.