Summary:
The city of Rockdale, Illinois has only one school, Rockdale Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 255 students. The school is part of the Rockdale School District 84, which is ranked 750 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Rockdale Elementary School's academic performance is significantly below the state average across all grade levels in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR). The school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) is also below the state average. Additionally, the school has a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which is considerably higher than the state average. The school serves a population with a high level of economic disadvantage, with 71.37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Despite the school district spending $21,304 per student, which is higher than the state average, and having a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 12.1, the academic performance of Rockdale Elementary School remains poor. This suggests that simply increasing funding or reducing class sizes may not be the sole solution to improving educational outcomes for the students. The data indicates a need for a comprehensive, data-driven approach to address the root causes of the school's challenges and improve the quality of education for the students in Rockdale, Illinois.
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