Summary:
Poughkeepsie City School District has only one middle school, Poughkeepsie Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 5-10% of New York middle schools over the past 3 school years, with a statewide ranking between 1421-1458 out of around 1500 middle schools. This indicates significant challenges in student achievement at the school.
Poughkeepsie Middle School's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state average across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA ranged from 17.84% to 23.38%, compared to the state average of 43.64% to 51.88%. The school's performance on Regents exams, such as Living Environment and Algebra I, is also below the state average, though the proficiency rates are higher than the overall state assessment results. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 81.64% in the 2022-2023 school year, suggesting significant socioeconomic challenges faced by the student population.
Despite the school's low performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.4 and higher per-student spending of $19,292 for the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the state average. This raises questions about the effective allocation and utilization of resources to support student learning at Poughkeepsie Middle School and the broader Poughkeepsie City School District.
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