Summary:
The Schuylkill Haven Area School District in Pennsylvania has only one middle school, Schuylkill Haven Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has consistently underperformed compared to state averages, ranking in the bottom half of Pennsylvania middle schools over the past three school years.
Schuylkill Haven Middle School's academic performance is a concern, with proficiency rates in PSSA Math and English Language Arts (ELA) below the state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's Math proficiency rate was 32.4%, compared to the state average of 40.4%, and its ELA proficiency rate was 42.9%, compared to the state average of 53%. The school's dropout rate of 1.6% in the 2022-2023 school year is also higher than desired.
Despite the school's higher per-student spending of $16,904 in the 2021-2022 school year and a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.3 in the 2022-2023 school year, it continues to struggle academically. This suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and instructional strategies to better support student learning, particularly for its economically disadvantaged student population, where 50.38% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.
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