Summary:
The Norwood Education Service District 63 in Illinois contains only one elementary school, Norwood Primary School, which serves grades PK-4 with an enrollment of 212 students.
Despite having smaller class sizes and higher per-student spending than the state average, Norwood Primary School is a low-performing school, ranking in the bottom 20% of Illinois elementary schools. The school has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance, and its academic proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics are well below the state averages across all grades tested. In 2024-2025, only 31.9% of Norwood Primary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 53.1%, and the Math proficiency rate was just 20.8%, compared to 38.5% statewide.
The school's performance has been consistently low, with proficiency rates in the single digits or low teens in both ELA and Math for the 2023-2024 school year as well. Additionally, Norwood Primary School has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which is significantly higher than the state average. Given the high percentage of economically disadvantaged students at the school, the low academic performance is particularly concerning and suggests the need for substantial intervention and support to improve student outcomes.
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