Summary:
The Middletown Area School District in Pennsylvania is home to three elementary schools: Robert Reid Elementary School, Kunkel Elementary School, and Fink Elementary School. Based on the data analysis, Kunkel Elementary stands out as the top-performing school in the district, consistently outpacing the district and state averages on PSSA tests.
Kunkel Elementary has the highest proficiency rates in Math (60.2%), Science (92.7%), and English Language Arts (60.2%) across all grades. It also has a higher SchoolDigger rating of 3 stars out of 5, compared to 2 stars for the other two schools. In contrast, Robert Reid Elementary had the lowest proficiency rates in Math and English Language Arts, while Fink Elementary had the lowest 5th-grade Math and English Language Arts proficiency rates.
The data suggests that socioeconomic factors may play a role in the academic achievement of these schools. Robert Reid Elementary and Fink Elementary, which have higher free and reduced lunch rates, generally performed lower than Kunkel Elementary, which had a lower percentage of economically disadvantaged students. However, the higher spending per student at Fink Elementary did not translate into significantly better test scores, indicating that simply spending more may not necessarily lead to better academic outcomes.
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