Summary:
The Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District in Pennsylvania has only one high school, Turkeyfoot Valley Area Junior/Senior High School, which serves students in grades 7-12. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance and socioeconomic factors that may contribute to its struggles.
Turkeyfoot Valley Area Junior/Senior High School ranks in the bottom quarter of Pennsylvania high schools, with proficiency rates in PSSA/Math, PSSA/Science, and PSSA/English Language Arts all below the state averages. The school's four-year graduation rate of 87.5% is also slightly below the state average. However, the school's dropout rate of 1.6% is relatively low. The school's small student population of 126 students and high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (90.48%) suggest that the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges.
Despite the low academic performance, the Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District spends more per student ($20,977) than the state average, raising questions about the efficient allocation of resources and the need for targeted interventions to improve student outcomes. The school's small size may present both advantages and challenges, and a closer examination of the school's strategies and resource utilization could provide insights into how to better support the students and address the academic and socioeconomic challenges they face.
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