Summary:
Rush County Schools has only one middle school, Benjamin Rush Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 in the rural Indiana district. While the school's academic performance is slightly above the district average, it lags behind the state's middle school standards in both English Language Arts and Math proficiency.
Benjamin Rush Middle School faces some challenges, including a high free/reduced lunch rate of 62.26%, indicating many economically disadvantaged students. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 12.5% is also higher than the state's target of 10% or less. Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.8 and above-average per-student spending of $11,746, the school's statewide ranking has dropped from 136 out of 490 Indiana middle schools in 2021-2022 to 203 out of 485 in 2023-2024, suggesting the need for targeted interventions to address the declining academic performance.
As the only middle school in the Rush County Schools district, Benjamin Rush Middle School plays a crucial role in the educational landscape of the area. The school's challenges with academic achievement, chronic absenteeism, and socioeconomic factors highlight the need for the district and community to work together to support the school and ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed.
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