Summary:
LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Charter is the sole elementary public charter school serving grades K-8 in the LEARN John and Kathy Schreiber Ch district in Waukegan, Illinois. This standout school has consistently outperformed the state average on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams, with 66% of students proficient or better in ELA and 35% in math, compared to the state averages of 53.1% and 38.5% respectively in the 2024-2025 school year.
The school's performance has shown steady improvement over the past few years, with the ELA proficiency rate increasing from 53.9% in 2023-2024 to 66% in 2024-2025, and the math proficiency rate growing from 26.6% to 35% over the same period. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in 2024-2025 is lower than the state average, indicating the school's ability to keep students engaged and attending regularly.
Despite serving a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 71.43% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, LEARN John Kathy Schreiber Charter has maintained strong academic performance, suggesting the school has effective strategies in place to support students from low-income backgrounds. While the school's overall performance is commendable, there is still room for improvement, particularly in mathematics, where the proficiency rate lags behind the state average.
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