Summary:
Lovington, Illinois is home to a single elementary school, Lovington Grade School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 150 students. The school is part of the Arthur CUSD 305 school district, which is ranked 459 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lovington Grade School's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, is consistently lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For the 2024-2025 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades is 27.2%, compared to 51% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades is 21.7%, compared to 36.6% for the district and 38.5% for the state. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which is significantly higher than the state average.
Despite the school's higher per-student spending of $15,676 for the 2023-2024 school year and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.8 to 1, the academic performance concerns and high chronic absenteeism suggest that the school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and instructional strategies to better support student learning. The school also serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 78.67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch for the 2023-2024 school year.
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