Summary:
The Garfield Heights City Schools district in Ohio has only one middle school, Garfield Heights Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has struggled with consistently low academic performance, with proficiency rates well below the state average across all subjects and grade levels. Additionally, the school faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 60.8%, which likely contributes to the poor academic outcomes.
Garfield Heights Middle School has a predominantly African American student population (82.84%), raising questions about equity and the school's ability to effectively serve this student demographic. The school's performance has consistently placed it in the bottom 10-15% of Ohio middle schools over the past three school years, with a ranking of 968 out of 1,046 middle schools in the state for the 2023-2024 school year.
While the data set does not provide a comparison to other schools within the Garfield Heights City Schools district, the low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rate at Garfield Heights Middle School indicate significant challenges that the district and school leadership will need to address to improve educational outcomes for students.
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