Summary:
The city of Odell, Illinois has one elementary school, Odell Grade School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 162 students. The school is part of the Odell CCSD 435 district, which is ranked 511 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Odell Grade School's academic performance is mixed, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics below the state averages. While 3rd and 7th graders perform better than the state average in ELA, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders perform significantly worse. In Mathematics, only 3rd graders outperform the state average, with all other grade levels performing significantly below. The school's science proficiency rates for 5th and 8th graders are also below the state averages. Additionally, Odell Grade 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 and smaller class sizes, the academic challenges persist. This suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate how it allocates resources and implement more targeted interventions to improve student outcomes, particularly in addressing the variability in performance across grade levels and the high chronic absenteeism rate. The school's high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch indicates that it serves a predominantly low-income population, which may contribute to the academic challenges and should be considered in the school's improvement efforts.
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