Summary:
Vida Charter School is the sole elementary school located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 238 students. While the school's academic performance has declined in recent years, with a statewide ranking that has dropped from 974 out of 1,534 Pennsylvania elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 985 out of 1,526 in 2023-2024, it maintains a consistent 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Vida Charter School excels in science proficiency, with 78.4% of students scoring proficient or advanced, compared to the state average of 65.8%. However, the school struggles in math, with proficiency rates ranging from 18.8% to 35% across grade levels, significantly lower than the state average of 37.3% to 51.4%. In English Language Arts (ELA), the school performs slightly better than the state, with proficiency rates ranging from 46.2% to 66.6%, compared to the state average of 51.5% to 55.8%.
Despite the school's high spending of $30,124 per student, which is significantly above the state average, Vida Charter School has a small student-teacher ratio of 14.6 for the 2022-2023 school year. This suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and instructional practices to better support student learning, particularly in the area of mathematics.
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