Summary:
Country Club Hills School District 160 in Illinois has only one middle school, Southwood Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's academic performance has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Illinois middle schools, with significant gaps in proficiency rates on standardized tests compared to the state average.
Southwood Middle School's performance on the Illinois standardized tests is concerning, with only 25.7% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and just 12.5% proficient or better in Mathematics, far below the state averages of 53.1% and 38.5%, respectively. The school's 8th-grade students also struggle on the Illinois Science Assessment, with only 19.5% scoring proficient or better, compared to the state average of 45.4%.
Despite the Country Club Hills School District 160 spending $23,348 per student, which is significantly higher than the state average, and the school having a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.9, the academic performance at Southwood Middle School remains poor. This suggests that the school may need to implement more targeted interventions and strategies to improve student learning outcomes and address the persistent challenges it faces in providing a high-quality education to its students.
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