Summary:
The city of Georgetown, Illinois, is home to 3 schools serving students from elementary through high school: Pine Crest Elementary School, Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School, and Mary Miller Junior High School. These schools, operated by the Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4 district, face significant challenges in academic performance, student needs, and resource allocation.
Pine Crest Elementary School stands out as the largest school with 407 students, but it has the lowest statewide ranking and rating, with only 36.4% of students proficient in ELA and 20.8% in Math. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a large population (81.08%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. In contrast, Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School has a higher statewide ranking and rating, with a graduation rate of 89.0%, but its test scores are still below state averages, and it also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a large population (68.75%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
Across the district, the schools consistently perform below state averages in ELA and Math proficiency, with the highest proficiency rates being in 5th-grade ELA at Pine Crest Elementary (52.8%) and 8th-grade ELA at Mary Miller Junior High (58.6%). The high rates of free/reduced lunch recipients and chronic absenteeism indicate that the schools serve a student population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which may be a contributing factor to the schools' low academic performance. The district's relatively low statewide rankings and ratings, coupled with the high-need student population, raise questions about how resources are being allocated and utilized to support student success.
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