Summary:
The Carbondale Area School District has only one elementary school, Carbondale Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 773 students. Located in a relatively disadvantaged area, the school is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students, as evidenced by its consistently low academic performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) tests.
Carbondale Elementary School is ranked 1226 out of 1526 Pennsylvania elementary schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in math, science, and English language arts (ELA) are significantly below the state averages, with only 22.3% of students proficient in math, 61.1% in science, and 32.4% in ELA, compared to state averages of 40.4%, 65.8%, and 53%, respectively. The school's student-teacher ratio of 14.4 is slightly higher than the state average, and its spending per student of $17,755 is higher than the state average, suggesting that the school may be facing resource challenges in effectively allocating its funding to improve student outcomes.
The high percentage of students (45.67%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Carbondale Elementary School indicates a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population, which may be a contributing factor to the school's academic challenges. Addressing these broader socioeconomic and community-level factors, in addition to implementing targeted interventions and support to improve student learning and achievement, will be crucial for the school to provide a high-quality education to its students and close the performance gap with the state averages.
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