Summary:
Danville CCSD 118 is a school district in Illinois that contains only one high school, Danville High School. The school serves grades 9-12 and is located in the city of Danville. Based on the available data, Danville High School appears to be a struggling school that is underperforming compared to state averages across a range of key metrics.
Danville High School has a low 1-star rating from SchoolDigger and is ranked 577 out of 698 Illinois high schools for the 2024-2025 school year. The school's graduation rate of 89.0% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.4% is higher than the state average. Additionally, Danville High School has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, significantly higher than the state average. The school's test scores are consistently lower than state averages across all subject areas and grade levels, with only 22.2% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 51.7%.
Despite the school's low performance, it appears to have relatively high spending per student at $24,262 in the 2023-2024 school year, which is higher than the state average. The school also has a student-teacher ratio of 17.3, slightly higher than the state average. These factors raise questions about how the school is allocating its resources and whether they are being used effectively to support student learning and achievement. Overall, the data suggests that Danville CCSD 118 and its sole high school, Danville High School, are facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to their students.
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