Summary:
The Carbon Cliff-Barstow School District 36 in Illinois has only one school, Eagle Ridge School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 281 students.
Eagle Ridge School has consistently low performance on state assessments, with proficiency rates well below the state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 21.7% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 53.1%, and the proficiency rate in Mathematics was just 9.6%, compared to the state average of 38.5%. The school's performance has been declining over the past few years, with proficiency rates dropping from 2023-2024 to 2024-2025.
Despite the relatively high per-student spending of $13,562 and a low student-teacher ratio of 12.7, the school's academic performance remains very low compared to state averages. Additionally, Eagle Ridge School has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 98.22% in the 2023-2024 school year, and a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year. These factors suggest that the school may be struggling to effectively support student learning and growth, and that simply allocating more resources may not be enough to improve student outcomes.
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