Summary:
The city of West Peoria, Illinois has only one middle school, Harold B Dawson Middle School, which serves grades 5-8. The school is part of the Peoria School District 150, which is ranked 769 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Harold B Dawson Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Illinois middle schools over the past 3 school years, with a 0-star rating in the most recent year. The school struggles with low academic proficiency, with English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates ranging from 9.8% to 34.1%, math proficiency rates ranging from 2.7% to 6%, and science proficiency rates of 4.3% for 5th grade and 12.8% for 8th grade - all well below state averages. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, significantly higher than the state average.
Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $14,643, it serves a predominantly economically disadvantaged student population, with 88.65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. This high-poverty student population, coupled with the school's consistently low performance, suggests a need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes at Harold B Dawson Middle School.
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