Is it my imagination, or has the Finder status bar been relocated? I always look for it at the bottom of the window, but I find it at the top.
Various images on the Web with instructions for showing the status bar also show it at the bottom.
MacOS Finder Status Bar
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I think this is something that's got forgotten about over the years. It's 'interactive' but not really in a good way.
If you disable the Toolbar, this also disables the Sidebar & pushes the Status Bar to the top. Whilst set like this, View Sidebar is greyed out.
Re-enabling the Toolbar drops it back to the bottom & brings back the Sidebar if it was previously enabled.
Pictures from Mojave, but it's been this way for years.
I just realised, you appear to have managed a hybrid view. You have the Sidebar but not the Toolbar. I cannot repro this on Ventura, Big Sur, Mojave, El Capitan… or even Snow Leopard.
Edit:
From comments, there's a trick to getting the sidebar without the toolbar. You literally have to grab it as it slides away & drag it back into place. It might take a couple of attempts to succeed.
If you close & reopen the window, the sidebar is again gone.