Summary:
The Carlyle CUSD 1 school district in Illinois is home to one standout middle school, Carlyle Junior High School. This school consistently ranks in the top 50% of Illinois middle schools, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2024-2025 school year.
Carlyle Junior High School outperforms both the district and state averages in English Language Arts proficiency, with 69.7% of students scoring proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to 64.9% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate of 33.6% is lower than the district (40.1%) but still above the state average (38.5%). The school also boasts strong science proficiency rates, with 57.3% of 5th graders and 44.4% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better.
While Carlyle Junior High School's academic performance is impressive, the school has a relatively high percentage of students (44.96%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, which may indicate potential equity challenges that the school and district need to address. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is an area that could be further investigated to understand the underlying causes and develop strategies to improve student attendance.
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