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Falls City Public Schools rated as "Great"

By John Nixon

12/13/2024

(KLZA)-- The Falls City Public Schools achieved a designation of “Great” in the 2024 Nebraska Department of Education's AQuESTT report.

AQuESTT stands for Accountability for Quality Education System, Today and Tomorrow. It is an evaluation of the school district commitment to academic excellence and student success.

The annual report evaluates Nebraska school districts, assigning classifications based on key performance indicators which include student proficiency, growth, graduation rates and college readiness.

The school buildings that make up District 56 also received favorable ratings with Falls City High School earning a “Great” designation; Falls City Middle School, South and North Elementary Schools each received “Good” designations.

District 56 received no federal designations for 2024, which demonstrates progress in equitable student outcomes and performance in all subgroups.

Among the highlights from the report were the proficiency rates for students in grades 3 - 8 showing strong performances including a 75% rate in Science, marking a 6-point improvement over last year.

In College Enrollment, the percentage of Falls City High School students pursuing post-secondary education increased from 63.97% in 2022-23 to 67.92% in 2023-24.

The graduation rate was 96.49% which is 8 percentage points above the state average. Chronic Absenteeism dropped from 17.6/% to 15% which was below the statewide average of 21.19%.

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