Summary:
The Parma District in Idaho has only one high school, Parma High School, which serves 334 students from grades 9-12. While the school maintains a strong 94.9% four-year graduation rate, its academic performance is mixed, with math and science proficiency lagging behind district and state averages, but English Language Arts proficiency exceeding them.
Parma High School's student body is predominantly White (72.75%) with a significant Hispanic population (25.45%), and over 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high proportion of economically disadvantaged students. The school's per-student spending of $9,393 is lower than the national average, and its student-teacher ratio of 17.8 is slightly higher, which may be contributing factors to the academic performance disparities observed.
To address these challenges, the school could explore targeted interventions and support programs tailored to the needs of its economically disadvantaged students, as well as examine opportunities to enhance its math and science curriculum and instruction. Increasing resource allocation, such as funding and staffing, could also help the school achieve more balanced academic outcomes and better support its diverse student population.
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