Summary:
The Illini Bluffs Elementary School is the sole elementary school serving grades PK-5 in the Illini Bluffs CUSD 327 district. This school has consistently maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, placing it in the top 50% of Illinois elementary schools. In the 2024-2025 school year, Illini Bluffs Elementary ranked 631 out of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools, putting it in the top 30% statewide.
Illini Bluffs Elementary has demonstrated strong academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics exceeding the state averages across multiple grade levels. In 2024-2025, 63.5% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 53.1%, and 44.4% were proficient or better in Math, compared to 38.5% statewide. The school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate of 56.7% was significantly higher than the state average of 40.6%.
The school appears to be efficiently allocating its resources, with a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.5 to 1 and per-student spending of $12,837 in 2023-2024. However, the school may need to consider strategies to address potential equity concerns, as 33.64% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024.
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