Summary:
Cornell CCSD 426 contains a single elementary school, Cornell Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school's performance has been inconsistent, with its statewide ranking fluctuating from 1605 out of 2077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 714 out of 2056 in 2024-2025.
In the 2024-2025 school year, Cornell Elementary School outperformed the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency for all grades and several individual grade levels, but underperformed the state average in Mathematics proficiency for all grades and most individual grade levels. The school's 8th-grade performance was particularly low, with 0% proficiency in Mathematics and only 36.4% proficiency in ELA, compared to the state averages of 32.9% and 56.7%, respectively. However, the school outperformed the state average in Science proficiency for all grades in the 2023-2024 school year.
Cornell Elementary School has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 30.36%, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $19,342, which is higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 8.6 is lower than the state average, suggesting a relatively small class size. These factors may contribute to the school's performance and could require targeted interventions and support to address the challenges faced by the student population.
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