Summary:
The city of Coal Valley, Illinois has only one school, Bicentennial Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 and is part of the Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 district. The district is ranked 659 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Bicentennial Elementary School has a total enrollment of 335 students and its performance on standardized tests is mixed compared to the district and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts were higher than the district average but lower than the state average, while its mathematics proficiency rates were significantly higher than both the district and state averages. However, the school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate was lower than the district and state averages. The school has shown some improvement in test scores over the past two years.
Bicentennial Elementary School faces some challenges, including a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, with 46.27% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's per-student spending is higher than the national average but lower than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio is slightly higher than the national average. Despite these challenges, Bicentennial Elementary School appears to be a relative standout within its district, and addressing the factors contributing to high absenteeism and supporting its economically disadvantaged students could be key to further improving the school's academic performance.
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