Summary:
Community Unit School District No 196 in Illinois contains only one elementary school, Bluffview Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 866 out of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools in 2024-2025 to 1,089 out of 2,077 in 2022-2023.
Bluffview Elementary School's academic performance has been mixed compared to district and state averages. In 2024-2025, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rate for all grades (53.5%) was slightly higher than the state average (53.1%) but lower than the district average (58.2%). In the same year, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate for all grades (37.7%) was slightly lower than the state average (38.5%) and the district average (35.2%). However, the school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate (50%) was higher than both the state (40.6%) and district (50%) averages.
Bluffview Elementary School serves a predominantly low-income population, with 67.99% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. The school's per-student spending of $15,135 for the 2023-2024 school year is relatively high, and its student-teacher ratio of 14.9 in 2023-2024 suggests smaller class sizes. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in 2024-2025 is a concern that may be impacting student performance.
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