Summary:
Propel CS-East is the sole elementary public charter school serving grades K-8 in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. While the school spends more per student than the state average, its academic performance lags significantly behind state benchmarks across math, English language arts, and science proficiency levels.
Propel CS-East has a student enrollment of 346, with a racial makeup that is predominantly African American (61.27%) and White (24.86%). The school's math and ELA proficiency rates range from 5.4% to 46.5%, falling well short of the state averages of 26% to 54.5%. However, the school's 4th-grade science proficiency rate of 74.3% is slightly higher than the state average of 74.1%, though its 8th-grade science proficiency of 40.5% is lower than the state's 57%.
Despite spending $18,285 per student, which is higher than the state average, Propel CS-East is not achieving commensurate academic outcomes. The school also has a 2.2% dropout rate, suggesting potential challenges with student engagement and retention. Overall, the data indicates that Propel CS-East is facing significant hurdles in providing a high-quality education to its students, and further investigation into the school's practices and resource allocation may be warranted to identify areas for improvement.
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