La Salle Education Service District 122

The La Salle Education Service District 122 in Illinois is home to two schools: Northwest Elementary School and Lincoln Junior High School. Both schools are performing significantly below the state average in key metrics such as test scores and chronic absenteeism rates, and the district as a whole is ranked 746 out of 811 districts in Illinois, indicating it is one of the lower-performing districts in the state.

Northwest Elementary School has an English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate of 39% and a mathematics proficiency rate of 20.6%, both well below the state averages. Lincoln Junior High School fares even worse, with an ELA proficiency rate of 27.4% and a mathematics proficiency rate of just 8.8%. Both schools also have high chronic absenteeism rates of 25.4%, further contributing to their academic struggles.

The high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients (over 60% at both schools) suggest a high level of economic disadvantage in the district, which may be a factor in the poor academic performance. However, the spending per student at Northwest Elementary School ($25,471) is significantly higher than the spending at Lincoln Junior High School ($15,748), yet this does not seem to be translating into better academic outcomes. Overall, the data indicates that the La Salle Education Service District 122 is facing significant challenges in providing quality education to its students, and substantial improvements are needed across multiple areas to address these issues.