Summary:
The Cahokia CUSD 187 school district in Illinois contains a single middle school, Wirth/Parks Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The data reveals that this school is consistently one of the lowest-performing middle schools in the state, ranking in the bottom 5% of Illinois middle schools over the past three years.
Wirth/Parks Middle School has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very poor performance. The school struggles with high chronic absenteeism at 25.4% and significantly below-average academic proficiency rates, with only 13.4% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and just 2.2% proficient in math, compared to state averages of 53.1% and 38.5% respectively. Despite relatively high per-student spending of $22,313 and a very high student-teacher ratio of 62.3, the school is not achieving strong academic results.
The data suggests that the challenges facing Wirth/Parks Middle School are multifaceted, with high poverty, large class sizes, and potentially other resource constraints contributing to the poor outcomes. Addressing these issues will likely require a comprehensive, targeted approach involving increased support and interventions to improve the educational experience and outcomes for students at the school.
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