Summary:
The Lewistown CUSD 97 school district in Illinois has only one elementary school, Central Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. Despite the district's small size, the data reveals significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to the students at Central Elementary School.
Central Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1445 and 1673 out of over 2,000 schools in recent years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state average, with only 21.1% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 16.1% in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 53.1% and 38.5%, respectively. However, the school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate is slightly above the state average at 41.7%.
The data also reveals that Central Elementary School faces significant socioeconomic challenges, with 55.56% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which is much higher than the state average. Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $16,322 and a low student-teacher ratio of 12.5 to 1, these resources do not appear to be translating into improved academic performance, suggesting a need to re-evaluate the effectiveness of the school's instructional practices and resource allocation.
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