Summary:
The Cairo Unified School District 1 in Illinois contains only one elementary school, Cairo Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school's performance has consistently ranked among the lowest in the state, with concerning academic outcomes and significant socioeconomic challenges faced by its student population.
Cairo Elementary School has struggled academically, ranking 2005 out of 2056 Illinois elementary schools in the 2024-2025 school year and 2017 out of 2067 in the 2023-2024 school year. Only 12.9% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and just 5.7% were proficient or better in Mathematics, far below the state averages of 53.1% and 38.5%, respectively. The school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment was also low, with only 14.3% of 5th-grade students scoring proficient or better, compared to the state average of 40.6%.
Despite the school's relatively high spending per student ($26,209 in 2023-2024) and low student-teacher ratio (12.9), the academic performance remains significantly below district and state levels. This suggests that the school is facing unique challenges that require a targeted approach to address the specific needs of its student population, which is predominantly economically disadvantaged, with 98.85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year.
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