Summary:
The city of Ashmore, Illinois has only one public elementary school, Ashmore Elementary School, which serves grades K-4 with a total enrollment of 72 students. The school is part of the Charleston CUSD 1 school district, which is ranked 641 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Ashmore Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking of 1,617 out of 2,056 schools in the 2024-2025 school year and a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on standardized tests is below the district and state averages, with only 27.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics, compared to 48.8% and 26.8% for the district, and 53.1% and 38.5% for the state, respectively. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which may be a contributing factor to its low academic performance.
Despite the school's relatively small class sizes and higher-than-average per-student spending, the academic performance of the students remains low, suggesting that factors beyond just resource allocation may be contributing to the school's challenges. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 55.56% in the 2023-2024 school year, which may be indicative of the socioeconomic challenges faced by the community.
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