Summary:
The city of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania is home to two schools: Mahanoy Area Elementary School and Mahanoy Area Junior/Senior High School. Both schools are part of the Mahanoy Area School District, which is ranked 521 out of 610 districts in Pennsylvania and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The data reveals that both Mahanoy Area Elementary School and Mahanoy Area Junior/Senior High School have consistently underperformed, ranking in the bottom 20% of their respective school types in Pennsylvania for the past 3 years. The elementary school struggles with significantly low proficiency rates in math and English language arts, ranging from 3.7% to 36.4%, while the high school also performs poorly in these subjects, with only 13.5% and 22.1% proficiency, respectively. Both schools also have low science proficiency scores compared to state averages.
Despite spending more per student than the state average, the schools are unable to achieve acceptable academic performance. This raises questions about the effective allocation of resources and the need for targeted interventions to address the underlying factors impacting student learning. Additionally, the schools serve a high-poverty student population, with extremely high rates of free/reduced lunch recipients, which may be contributing to the academic challenges faced by these institutions.
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