Summary:
The Forrestville Valley CUSD 221 school district in Illinois contains a single high school, Forreston Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12. The school has a student enrollment of 407 and is ranked 289 out of 811 high schools in Illinois, earning a 3 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger.
Forreston Junior/Senior High School performs above the state average in ELA and Math proficiency, with 60.7% and 44.2% of students meeting proficiency standards respectively, compared to state averages of 53.1% and 38.5%. However, the school falls below the state average in ACT ELA proficiency at 37.7%, versus the state average of 51.7%. The school has a strong 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% and a low dropout rate of 2.4%, but its chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is an area for potential improvement.
In terms of resources, Forreston Junior/Senior High School spends $14,009 per student, which is relatively high, and has a student-teacher ratio of 14.6. Approximately 40.29% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant economic need within the student population. Overall, Forreston Junior/Senior High School appears to be a reasonably strong-performing school, with some areas for potential improvement, such as addressing chronic absenteeism and ACT ELA proficiency.
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