Summary:
North Chicago School District 187 contains a single high school, North Chicago Community High School, which serves grades 9-12. The district is located in North Chicago, Illinois, and the high school is performing significantly below the state average across a range of key metrics.
North Chicago Community High School is ranked 610 out of 698 Illinois high schools for the 2024-2025 school year and has a low 1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's four-year graduation rate of 89.0% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 2.4% is higher than the state average. Chronic absenteeism is also a significant issue, with 25.4% of students chronically absent, well above the state average.
Academically, North Chicago Community High School struggles, with test scores that are significantly lower than state averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 11th grade, only 14.7% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 51.7%. The school also has a very high percentage of students (99.89%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Despite the district spending $22,237 per student, which is higher than the state average, the school's performance metrics remain well below the state averages, suggesting the need for a comprehensive, data-driven approach to address the root causes of the school's challenges.
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