Summary:
The city of Stanford, Illinois is served by two public schools - Olympia High School and Olympia Middle School, both part of the Olympia CUSD 16 district. While the high school has a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 89.0%, both schools face challenges related to chronic absenteeism, with 25.4% of students at each school being chronically absent.
Academically, Olympia High School's test scores show 48.1% of students are proficient or better in English Language Arts, 44.3% in Mathematics, and 44.3% in Science. In contrast, Olympia Middle School outperforms the high school in English Language Arts, with 60.3% of students proficient or better, but lags behind in Mathematics with only 36.9% proficient. The middle school also performs well in 8th grade Science, with 54.3% of students proficient or better.
Both schools serve a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, with 35.7% of Olympia High School students and 41.96% of Olympia Middle School students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. This may contribute to the challenges the schools face, such as the high chronic absenteeism rates. The spending per student is notably higher at the high school ($25,501) compared to the middle school ($13,218), which could be a factor in the differences in academic performance between the two schools.
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