Summary:
The city of Ashley, Illinois has only one public school, the Ashley Com Consolidated School, which serves grades PK-8 and has an enrollment of 126 students. This elementary school is the sole institution in the Ashley CCSD 15 district.
The Ashley Com Consolidated School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 898 out of 2,077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1,185 out of 2,056 in 2024-2025. Its overall rating is 2 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger. The school struggles academically, with test scores consistently below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 45.5% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 53.1%, and only 33.8% were proficient or better in Math, compared to the state average of 38.5%.
Additionally, the Ashley Com Consolidated School faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a relatively low-income student population, with 60.32% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. However, the school does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.6 to 1 and spends $15,294 per student, which is above the state average. Overall, the data suggests the Ashley Com Consolidated School is struggling to keep pace with other elementary schools in Illinois and may need to address a variety of factors, including academic performance, attendance, and socioeconomic challenges, in order to improve student outcomes.
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