Summary:
La Salle-Peru Township HSD 120 has one listed school, La Salle-Peru Township High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,167 students. With no other listed schools in the area, the results offer a picture of this high school rather than a local school-to-school comparison. Its strongest subject overall is English language arts (ELA), where its average is close to the state’s; mathematics is the clearest concern, averaging 33% proficient compared with 39% statewide, a 7-point gap.
La Salle-Peru Township High School’s strongest results include grade 11 ACT ELA, at 55% proficient versus 50% statewide, 5 points higher, and ACT science, at 50% versus 48%, 2 points higher. Its 2025–26 graduation rate is also strong: 95%, compared with 90% statewide, a 5-point advantage. The clearest shortfall is grade 10 PreACT mathematics: 27% proficient, 9 points below the state. Results vary notably by grade and test: ELA is 1 point above the state in grade 9, but 7 points below in grade 10; science is 2 points above in grade 11, but 8 points below in both grades 9 and 10.
Overall scores slipped slightly between 2024–25 and 2025–26, with the school’s average across the listed results moving from 44% to 43%, while the state average moved from 48% to 47%; the school’s average gap widened slightly, from 3.8 to 4.0 points below the state. The overall shift masks mixed results: grade 9 mathematics rose 8 points and grade 11 ACT science rose 4, while grade 10 ELA and grade 9 science each fell 9 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from 352nd of 697 schools (49th percentile) in 2023–24 to 292nd of 698 (58th percentile) in 2024–25, then fell to 317th of 620 (49th percentile) in 2025–26. The student–teacher ratio was 13:1, and 47% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; these figures describe the school’s context, not the cause of its results.
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