Summary:
The city of Ness City, Kansas is home to two schools: Ness City Elementary and Ness City High. Based on the available data, Ness City Elementary stands out as the stronger performing school in the district, consistently ranking higher than Ness City High in statewide rankings and demonstrating higher proficiency rates in core academic subjects.
Ness City Elementary has an enrollment of 167 students and spends $13,200 per student, with a student-teacher ratio of 15.3. In contrast, Ness City High has an enrollment of 127 students, spends $10,512 per student, and has a lower student-teacher ratio of 10.5. However, Ness City High has a significantly higher free/reduced lunch rate of 50.39%, indicating a greater proportion of economically disadvantaged students compared to the 37.72% rate at Ness City Elementary.
The data suggests that Ness City Elementary is providing a strong educational foundation for its students, with higher academic proficiency rates than the district and state averages. Meanwhile, Ness City High has struggled in recent years, ranking in the bottom half of Kansas high schools and having lower proficiency rates than the state in most subject areas. The district may need to address the challenges faced by the high school, particularly in supporting the needs of its more economically disadvantaged student population.
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