Summary:
The William Penn School District has only one middle school, Penn Wood Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. Based on the available data, Penn Wood Middle School appears to be a low-performing school within the district and the state of Pennsylvania, with significantly below-average proficiency rates on standardized tests across multiple subject areas and grade levels.
Penn Wood Middle School has a dropout rate of 1.6% for the 2022-2023 school year, and 100% of its students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population. The school's math proficiency rates range from 7.1% to 7.4%, compared to the state average of 33.9% to 40.4%, and its science proficiency rate of 20.3% is significantly lower than the state average of 54.5%. While the school's English Language Arts proficiency rates are closer to the district average, they still lag behind the state, ranging from 25.3% to 31.1% for individual grade levels, compared to 52.2% to 53.4% for the state.
Despite the school's relatively high spending per student of $18,766, its performance on standardized tests has not improved, and its statewide ranking has declined slightly over the past three years, from 743 out of 893 Pennsylvania middle schools in 2022-2023 to 748 out of 891 in 2023-2024. This suggests that factors beyond funding, such as teacher quality, curriculum, and student support services, may be contributing to the school's low academic performance.
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