Summary:
The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District in Iowa has one elementary school, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 535 students. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 309 out of 565 Iowa elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 414 out of 574 in 2021-2022, and its SchoolDigger rating varying from 2 stars out of 5 to 1 star out of 5 during the same period.
Academically, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School has shown mixed results. While the school performs well in 3rd and 4th grade mathematics, with proficiency rates above the state average, it struggles in 5th grade English Language Arts (ELA) and science, where proficiency rates fall below the state averages. The school's 5th grade science proficiency rate of 42% is significantly lower than the state average of 59.6%. Additionally, the school faces socioeconomic challenges, with 53.83% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
Despite these challenges, the school has a diverse student population, with 53.64% White and 42.43% Hispanic students. The school's student-teacher ratio is 15.4 to 1, and the district spent $13,085 per student in the 2018-2019 school year. While the school's performance has been inconsistent, there may be opportunities for the school to focus on improving its curriculum and instructional practices, particularly in the areas of 5th grade ELA and science, to provide more consistent, high-quality education for its students.
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