Summary:
The Astoria CUSD 1 school district in Illinois has only one elementary school, Astoria Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. With 135 students and a student-teacher ratio of 11.1 to 1, the school's spending per student is $15,502, higher than the state average.
Astoria Elementary School's performance on standardized tests is mixed compared to state averages. While the school's 5th-grade proficiency rates in English Language Arts (100%) and Science (91.7%) are significantly higher than the state, its overall proficiency rates in ELA (48.4%) and Mathematics (30.6%) are below the state averages. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which is higher than the state average. Over the past few years, the school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, ranging from 609th out of 2,077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1,103rd out of 2,067 schools in 2023-2024.
Despite some areas of strength, Astoria Elementary School faces challenges in overall academic proficiency, chronic absenteeism, and inconsistent statewide rankings. The district may need to investigate the root causes of these issues and develop targeted strategies to address them, in order to provide the best possible education for the students in the Astoria CUSD 1 community.
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