Summary:
The city of Tupelo, Oklahoma is home to two schools: Tupelo Elementary School and Tupelo High School. While Tupelo Elementary School has shown improvement in recent years, the data suggests the Tupelo school district faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education, particularly at the high school level.
Tupelo Elementary School stands out for its consistently high performance in mathematics, with students in grades 4, 6, and 3 scoring significantly above the state average in proficiency. However, the school also serves a socioeconomically disadvantaged student population, with 87.12% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite this challenge, the school has shown improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from the bottom 20% of Oklahoma elementary schools in 2010-2011 to the top 40% in 2020-2021.
In contrast, Tupelo High School struggles academically, with 11th-grade students scoring well below the state average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. The school's four-year graduation rate of 80.1% is also below the state average. Additionally, the high school spends significantly more per student ($15,766) compared to the elementary school ($10,494), which may indicate a need to re-evaluate the distribution of resources to better support student outcomes.
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