Summary:
The city of Coulee Dam, Washington is home to two public schools, Lake Roosevelt Elementary and Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School, which serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Both schools are part of the Grand Coulee Dam School District and face significant challenges in providing quality education to their students.
The data reveals that neither school is performing at the state average levels in English Language Arts and Math proficiency, with the elementary school's ELA proficiency rate at just 23.03% and the high school's Math proficiency rate for 10th graders at only 10.17%, compared to state averages of 52.63% and 33.4% respectively. Additionally, the high school's graduation rate of 92.5% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.5% is higher than the state's.
Socioeconomic factors appear to be a significant challenge, with both schools serving a high percentage of students from low-income families, as evidenced by the high rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients. The schools also have a higher proportion of Native American students compared to the state average, raising questions about the educational opportunities and support available for this population. Despite the higher-than-average spending per student and lower student-teacher ratios, the schools continue to struggle academically, indicating that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to the district's challenges.
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