Fewer than half of Haines students in third through ninth grade are considered “proficient” in math and language arts, according to Alaska System of Academic Readiness scores released by the state earlier this month.
Out of 156 Haines students who were tested last spring, about 57% lacked proficiency in English language arts, and about 63% weren’t proficient in math, according to the test results.
That’s still well below the state averages of 71% non-proficiency in…
