Summary:
Elverado CUSD 196 in Illinois is home to a single middle school, Elverado Junior High School, which serves grades 6-8. Despite its small size of just 69 students, this school stands out as a top performer within the district and the state of Illinois.
Elverado Junior High School consistently ranks in the top 25% of Illinois middle schools, with impressive academic achievements. In the 2024-2025 school year, 83.8% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, far exceeding the district and state averages of 54.9% and 53.1%, respectively. While math proficiency rates trail the state average, they are still significantly higher than the district's. The school also boasts a strong 55.6% proficiency rate in 8th grade science, well above the state average of 45.4%.
Despite serving a predominantly economically disadvantaged population, with 75.36% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Elverado Junior High School manages to provide a high-quality education. The school's higher-than-average spending per student of $14,819 and low student-teacher ratio of 9.4 to 1 suggest that it has access to additional resources to support its students. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is a concern that may be impacting student learning and achievement, and an area that the school could focus on improving.
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