Summary:
The city of Bethalto, Illinois is home to 4 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The schools in this area show a mix of academic performance, with Civic Memorial High School standing out as a relatively strong performer, ranking 190 out of 697 Illinois high schools and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. In contrast, the middle school, Wilbur Trimpe Middle School, and the two elementary schools, Bethalto East Primary School and Parkside Primary School, show more mixed results, with some struggling to meet state averages in key subject areas.
Civic Memorial High School stands out as a strong performer, with a high graduation rate, low dropout rate, and performance above the state average in several test subjects. In contrast, Wilbur Trimpe Middle School struggles with Mathematics proficiency, and Parkside Primary School has lower proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to district and state averages.
The Bethalto CUSD 8 district, which all the schools in the data set belong to, is ranked 456 out of 811 districts in Illinois and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, suggesting the district as a whole may be underperforming compared to other districts in the state. Additionally, all four schools in the data set have a high chronic absenteeism rate, which is significantly higher than the state average, indicating a potential area of concern for the district.
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