Best Public Schools in Farina, IL

The city of Farina, Illinois has only one high school, South Central High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance, as measured by various metrics, is below the state average, indicating significant room for improvement in the quality of education provided to students in this community.

South Central High School has a 1-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, suggesting below-average performance compared to other Illinois high schools. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.4% is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is significantly higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to the school's overall academic underperformance.

Academically, South Central High School's proficiency rates in ACT/ELA, ACT/Math, and ACT/Science are all well below the state averages, ranging from 11.4% to 28.6% proficient or better. The school's proficiency rates in PreACT Secure and SAT assessments for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders are also below state averages. Despite the school's higher per-student spending and relatively low student-teacher ratio, these academic deficiencies suggest that the school may be struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students, who come from a predominantly low-income background as indicated by the high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients.