Summary:
There is only one middle school, West Carroll Middle School, located in the West Carroll CUSD 314 district in Illinois. The school serves students in grades 6-8 and faces significant challenges in student achievement, with consistently low performance on standardized tests compared to state averages.
West Carroll Middle School has a statewide ranking between 820th and 1,122nd out of 1,363 to 1,368 Illinois middle schools over the past three school years. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 27.2% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 53.1%, and only 12.2% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 38.5%. The school's performance on the 8th grade Science assessment was also below the state average, with 28.3% of students proficient or better compared to the state average of 45.4%.
Despite the school's higher per-student spending of $15,715 and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.4 to 1, the school's performance remains significantly below the state average. This suggests that factors beyond just resource allocation, such as instructional practices, curriculum, and school leadership, may be contributing to the school's struggles. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year, which may also be a contributing factor to the low academic performance.
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