Summary:
There is only one middle school located in the city of Phoenix, Illinois - Coolidge Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois middle schools over the past 3 school years and maintains a 2-star performance rating on the SchoolDigger scale.
Coolidge Middle School faces significant academic challenges, with student proficiency rates lagging behind both district and state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 44.1% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 53.1% statewide. In Math, the school's proficiency rate was just 18.5%, well below the 38.5% state average. Despite higher-than-average per-student spending of $18,183, the school has struggled to translate its resources into improved student outcomes.
The data suggests that Coolidge Middle School's challenges may be rooted in the socioeconomic factors of its student population, with an extremely high percentage (99.62%) of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Addressing these underlying challenges and implementing effective, data-driven strategies for improvement will be crucial for the school to raise its performance and better serve its community.
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