Summary:
The Cobden SUD 17 school district in Illinois contains only one high school, Cobden High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 264th to 426th out of 698-699 Illinois high schools and its performance rating varying between 3 and 2 stars out of 5.
Cobden High School's four-year graduation rate of 89.0% for the 2024-2025 school year is above the state average, while its dropout rate of 2.4% is below the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is higher than the state average. In terms of academic achievement, the school's proficiency rates in ACT/English Language Arts, ACT/Science, and PreACT Secure/English Language Arts for 9th and 10th grades are higher than the state averages, but its proficiency rates in ACT/Mathematics, PreACT Secure/Mathematics, and SAT/English Language Arts and Mathematics are lower than the state averages.
Cobden High School has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (53.96% in the 2023-2024 school year) and a per-student spending of $16,250, which is higher than the state average. The school's student-teacher ratio of 10.4 is lower than the state average, suggesting a focus on personalized attention for students. Overall, the data indicates that Cobden High School is a small school serving a socioeconomically disadvantaged population, with a mix of strengths and weaknesses in its academic performance.
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