Summary:
The city of Augusta, Illinois has only one high school, Southeastern Junior/Senior High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has faced some challenges in recent years, including fluctuations in its statewide ranking, underperformance on standardized tests, and high rates of chronic absenteeism.
Southeastern Junior/Senior High School's statewide ranking has ranged from 240th out of 697 Illinois high schools in 2023-2024 to 537th out of 699 in 2022-2023, indicating a decline in performance. The school's academic outcomes, such as proficiency rates in IAR/Mathematics, are consistently below the state averages. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate of 89.0% and dropout rate of 2.4% are slightly worse than the state's averages.
Despite these challenges, the school has a relatively small student population of 187 and a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.6 compared to the state average. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 56.15%, suggesting socioeconomic factors may be impacting student learning. The school's per-student spending of $15,662 is higher than the state average, which may be an effort to address these issues. Overall, Southeastern CUSD 337 and its lone high school face a range of performance and demographic challenges that will require targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.
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