Summary:
The Caldwell District in Idaho is home to 6 elementary schools, serving students from kindergarten through 5th grade. While the district as a whole struggles academically, with all its schools performing below state averages, Wilson Elementary stands out as the highest-performing school in the district, ranking 259th out of 301 Idaho elementary schools and exceeding the district and state averages in math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency.
The other Caldwell District elementary schools, including Van Buren Elementary, Washington Elementary, Lewis and Clark Elementary, Sacajawea Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary, struggle with low proficiency rates, high chronic absenteeism, and a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with free/reduced lunch recipients ranging from 72.32% to 91.36% across the district.
The Caldwell District as a whole is ranked 75th out of 77 districts in Idaho and is rated 0 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating a need for the district to closely examine its educational practices and resource allocation to address the underlying factors contributing to the overall low performance of its elementary schools.
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