Summary:
The city of Wood Dale, Illinois is home to 4 schools, including 3 elementary schools and 1 middle school. The schools in this district serve a diverse student population, with a significant percentage of economically disadvantaged students. While the Wood Dale Junior High School stands out as the highest-performing school in the district, the elementary schools struggle to meet state proficiency standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics.
The Wood Dale Junior High School is the only middle school in the district and ranks 649 out of 1,367 Illinois middle schools, receiving a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has relatively high proficiency rates in 8th grade ELA (55.6%) and Science (63.6%), outperforming the Wood Dale School District 7 and the state averages. In contrast, the elementary schools in the district struggle, with proficiency rates ranging from 10% to 20.5% in ELA and 11.1% to 18.9% in Mathematics.
The Early Childhood Education Center stands out as the smallest school in the district, with only 74 students in pre-kindergarten. This school has the lowest student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5 and the highest per-student spending at $26,192, significantly more than the other schools. However, the high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients, ranging from 62.77% to 63.39% across all the schools, indicate a significant population of economically disadvantaged students in the district, which likely contributes to the academic challenges faced by the elementary schools.
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