Summary:
Belle Valley School District 119 in Illinois contains a single elementary school, Belle Valley School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school faces several challenges, including consistently underperforming the state average in mathematics, declining academic achievement over time, and a high chronic absenteeism rate that is significantly higher than the state average.
Belle Valley School's performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) in English Language Arts and Mathematics is generally below the state average across all grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA ranged from 35.2% (5th grade) to 62.5% (8th grade), compared to the state average of 53.1%. In Mathematics, the percentage of students proficient or better ranged from 18.9% (5th grade) to 31.7% (6th grade), significantly lower than the state average of 38.5%. The school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) is mixed, with 5th-grade students scoring below the state average and 8th-grade students scoring above the state average.
Despite these academic challenges, Belle Valley School District 119 is ranked 536 out of 811 districts in Illinois and is rated 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. The school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.9 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year, but a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 82.19% in the same year. The school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year is also a significant concern that may be impacting student learning and achievement.
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