Summary:
The city of Montezuma Creek, Utah is home to three schools - two elementary schools (Montezuma Creek School and Aneth Community School) and one high school (Whitehorse High). These schools serve a predominantly Native American student population and face significant challenges, including consistently low academic performance and high poverty rates among the student body.
Aneth Community School stands out with a 100% Native American student population and the lowest student-teacher ratio of 10.1, suggesting a more personalized learning environment. However, the school also has an extremely high free/reduced lunch rate of 97.03%, indicating high-need students. In contrast, Montezuma Creek School has the highest overall test scores among the three schools, with 28.5% proficiency in ELA and Math for 6th grade, outperforming the district and state averages, though its statewide ranking is still quite low at 503 out of 561 Utah elementary schools.
Across the board, the schools in Montezuma Creek struggle with significantly lower test scores compared to district and state averages, with Whitehorse High performing particularly poorly. For example, in 10th grade ELA, Whitehorse High has a 17% proficiency rate, compared to 33.8% for the district and 44.6% for the state. The high poverty levels, as evidenced by the extremely high free/reduced lunch rates ranging from 96.32% to 99.65%, suggest that socioeconomic factors may be playing a significant role in the academic challenges faced by these schools.
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