Summary:
Mount Olive CUSD 5 is a small school district in Illinois that serves one elementary school, Mt Olive Elementary School, which educates students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade with a total enrollment of 344 students.
Mt Olive Elementary School's academic performance has been mixed in recent years. While the school's proficiency rates in science have exceeded state averages, its English Language Arts (ELA) and math scores have lagged behind. In 2024-2025, ELA proficiency ranged from 42.1% to 64.1% across grade levels, slightly below the state average of 53.1%, and math proficiency was significantly lower, ranging from 23.1% to 43.8% compared to the state average of 38.5%. The school's statewide ranking has also fluctuated, from 989th out of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools in 2024-2025 to 1,380th out of 2,077 in 2022-2023.
The school serves a student population with a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 43.31% in 2023-2024. Despite this, the school's per-student spending is relatively high at $14,429, and it has a low student-teacher ratio of 11:1. These resource allocations suggest that the Mount Olive CUSD 5 district is investing in the school, but the academic outcomes indicate that the school may need to evaluate the effectiveness of its instructional practices and implement targeted interventions to improve student learning, particularly in mathematics.
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