Summary:
The Niles Education Service District 71 in Illinois is home to a single elementary school, Clarence E Culver School. This school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranking 724th out of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools in 2024-2025, 793rd out of 2,067 in 2023-2024, and 613th out of 2,077 in 2022-2023. While the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics were higher than the state averages in 2024-2025, they were lower in the previous year.
Clarence E Culver School has a student population of 641 and a relatively high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 53.82% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's student-teacher ratio of 11.8 is lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $20,471. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year is a concern that may be contributing to its fluctuating performance.
Despite the school's mixed performance on standardized tests, it has shown strengths in science proficiency, with rates higher than the state averages in both 5th and 8th grades for the 2024-2025 school year. This suggests that science may be an area of focus and success for the school. Overall, the data provides a nuanced picture of Clarence E Culver School's performance and characteristics, highlighting both areas of strength and potential challenges that the school and district may need to address.
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