This Is The Worst School District In Missouri

Kansas City MO

24 July, 2021

4:24 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Kansas City 2021-07-24 Every child is born to a unique set of circumstances. And it is these different social, familial, economic, environmental, and many other factors, that help shape who they become. While these conditions are countless, a handful of factors play an outsized role in a child's development and likelihood for future success — including academic success. Whether or not a child succeeds academically can depend considerably on school quality. A student who falls behind in one school district might have excelled academically in another. By no means limited to the classroom, many of the strongest influences on a child's future are in the home environment, and the resources available or absent there. Hayti R-II is a small school district of fewer than 700 students in Missouri's bootheel. According to state standardized test scores, just 22% of students in the district are proficient in reading, and only 12% are proficient in math. According to Niche, the district lags in important measures indicative of academic quality and preparing students for college. Other disadvantages in the district are outside of the classroom. Students living in poverty are less likely to succeed academically than those in more financially secure households, and in the Hayti district, 43.8% of children live below poverty line, more than double the 15.9% state poverty rate. The four measures used to determine the worst school district in every state are: the child poverty rate, the teacher-to-student ratio, per-pupil spending, and the share of adults with a college education. All data came from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics. This is the worst school district in every state. Can't see the article's infographic? Click here to view the original story.This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.