Summary:
The Massac UD 1 school district in Illinois serves students from preschool through 12th grade across 7 schools, including 5 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. The district is ranked 212 out of 811 school districts in the state and has an overall 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Within the district, a few schools stand out as high-performing. Franklin Elementary School and Jefferson Elementary School are consistently ranked among the top elementary schools in Illinois, with exceptional test scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The district's middle school, Massac Junior High School, also performs well, particularly in English Language Arts. At the high school level, Massac County High School has a strong graduation rate and relatively low dropout rate, though its test scores are slightly below the state average.
However, the district also faces some challenges, such as a high chronic absenteeism rate across all schools. Additionally, there is a significant disparity in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 46.77% at Jefferson Elementary to 88.89% at Brookport Elementary, indicating varying levels of economic disadvantage within the district. Overall, the Massac UD 1 district provides a mix of high-performing and more average-performing schools, with opportunities for improvement in addressing chronic absenteeism and learning from the practices of the top-performing schools.
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