Summary:
The Havana CUSD 126 school district in Illinois contains a single elementary school, New Central Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 4th grade. The school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 697 out of 2,077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1,130 out of 2,056 in 2024-2025.
New Central Elementary School's performance on standardized tests is below the district and state averages. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (45.8%) and Mathematics (37.5%) were lower than the Havana CUSD 126 district (52.9% and 33.3%, respectively) and the Illinois state average (53.1% and 38.5%, respectively). The school's performance has been particularly weak in 4th-grade Mathematics, where only 34.8% of students were proficient or better, compared to the district average of 34.8% and the state average of 42.5%.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.8 in 2023-2024 and per-student spending of $15,435 for the same school year, the academic performance data suggests that the school may be struggling to meet the needs of its student population, which has a high percentage (56.27% in 2023-2024) of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The district may need to explore targeted interventions and support to address the unique challenges faced by the school and its students.
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