Summary:
The Ford Heights School District 169 in Illinois has only one elementary school, Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Center, which serves grades PK-4 and has 288 students. The school and district face significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high poverty, and high chronic absenteeism rates.
Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Center has struggled with low proficiency rates in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics for several years, with only 16.5% of students proficient or better in ELA and just 6.3% proficient in Mathematics in the 2024-2025 school year. These rates are significantly lower than the district and state averages. The school also has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which may be contributing to the poor academic outcomes.
Despite the district spending a relatively high $29,007 per student, the academic performance at Medgar Evers Primary Acadmc Center remains very poor. This suggests that simply increasing funding may not be enough to improve student achievement, and that the school and district may need to implement more comprehensive strategies to address the complex challenges facing their students, such as improving instructional quality, school leadership, and support services.
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