Summary:
The 16948 zip code area is home to two schools - Northern Potter Children's School, an elementary school, and Northern Potter Junior/Senior High School. Both schools have consistently ranked in the bottom half of their respective school types in Pennsylvania and have low 1-2 star ratings from SchoolDigger over the past 3 years, indicating they are struggling to provide a high-quality education to their students.
The elementary school has a relatively small enrollment of 294 students and a high free/reduced lunch rate of 59.18%, suggesting a significant portion of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. While the school's science proficiency is higher than the state average, its math and English language arts proficiency rates are below the state averages. The high school, with an enrollment of 214 students, also underperforms the state averages in math and English language arts proficiency, though its science proficiency is closer to the state average. The high school has a 87.5% four-year graduation rate, which is slightly below the state average.
Despite the schools' low academic performance, they are spending significantly more per student than the state average, with the high school spending $24,991 per student and the elementary school spending $18,695 per student. This raises questions about the effective use of resources and the need to ensure that the additional funding is being directed towards initiatives that can improve student outcomes. The relatively low student-teacher ratios at both schools, 12.2 at the elementary school and 10.6 at the high school, could be a potential advantage, but this advantage does not seem to be translating into better academic outcomes.
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