Summary:
The Toppenish School District in Washington state has only one middle school, Toppenish Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance and a student population that is predominantly Hispanic and Native American, with a high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.
Toppenish Middle School has a student population of 860 and a racial makeup that is 88.14% Hispanic and 8.84% Native American. The school's performance on standardized tests is well below the state average, with only 21.42% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 15.34% proficient or better in math, compared to state averages of 52.63% and 41.68%, respectively. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of middle schools in Washington state, with a ranking of 512 out of 535 schools in the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite the district's investment in the school, with higher-than-average spending per student and a student-teacher ratio slightly lower than the state average, the challenges faced by Toppenish Middle School suggest that the school may be struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students. The lack of comparison data for other middle schools in the district makes it difficult to determine whether these issues are unique to Toppenish Middle School or more widespread within the Toppenish School District.
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