Summary:
Mount Pulaski High School is the sole high school serving the Mt Pulaski CUSD 23 school district in Illinois. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 158 out of 698 Illinois high schools in 2024-2025 to 463 out of 699 in 2022-2023. While the school boasts a strong four-year graduation rate of 89.0% and a low dropout rate of 2.4%, it faces challenges in academic achievement, particularly on college entrance exams like the ACT and SAT.
Mount Pulaski High School has mixed performance on various academic assessments. Its proficiency rates on ACT/English Language Arts, ACT/Mathematics, and ACT/Science are all below the state averages, but the school performs better on PreACT Secure tests in 10th and 9th grades. However, the school's SAT/Mathematics and SAT/English Language Arts proficiency rates are significantly lower than the state averages. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is also higher than the state average, which may be contributing to its academic challenges.
Despite the school's relatively low academic performance, it has a high per-student spending level of $22,861 and a low student-teacher ratio of 9.3, suggesting that the district is allocating resources effectively. The school also serves a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 39.77%. Overall, Mount Pulaski High School appears to be facing a mix of strengths and challenges, and the district may need to develop targeted strategies to address the school's academic performance and attendance issues.
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