Summary:
The city of Pawnee, Illinois is home to two schools - Pawnee Grade School, an elementary school, and Pawnee Junior/Senior High School. Both schools have maintained consistent performance, with Pawnee Grade School consistently ranked in the top half of Illinois elementary schools and Pawnee Junior/Senior High School in the top half of Illinois high schools.
Pawnee Grade School has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and strong performance in English Language Arts, with 61.2% of students proficient or better compared to the state average of 53.1%. However, the school struggles with a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%. In contrast, Pawnee Junior/Senior High School has a 3-star rating in 2024-2025 and a 4-star rating in 2023-2024, with an impressive 89.0% four-year graduation rate and a low dropout rate of 2.4%. The high school excels in English Language Arts, with 73.1% of students proficient or better, but underperforms in Mathematics with only 23.1% of students proficient or better.
Socioeconomic factors also play a role, with Pawnee Grade School having a higher percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients (29.93%) compared to Pawnee Junior/Senior High School (11.58%). Additionally, per-student spending is higher at the high school ($15,966) than the elementary school ($14,899). Overall, the data provides a comprehensive overview of the two schools in Pawnee, Illinois, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for potential improvement to support student success in the Pawnee CUSD 11 district.
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