Summary:
The city of Broadlands, Illinois has a single high school, Heritage High School, which serves the community. Heritage High School has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 144th out of 698 Illinois high schools in 2024-2025 to 481st out of 697 in 2023-2024. The school performs well in English Language Arts with 69.6% of students proficient or better, but struggles in Mathematics with only 39.1% proficient or better.
Heritage High School has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 48.76%, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. The school's four-year graduation rate is 89.0%, which is above the state average, but it also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%. With a student-teacher ratio of 8.4, the school has smaller class sizes compared to the state average, and its per-student spending of $17,212 is higher than the state average.
Overall, Heritage CUSD 8, the sole school district in Broadlands, faces challenges in maintaining consistent academic performance and addressing the needs of its economically disadvantaged student population. The district may need to focus on improving Mathematics instruction and addressing chronic absenteeism to better support the success of its students.
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