Summary:
The Oglesby Education Service District 125 in Illinois contains a single middle school, Washington Elementary School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranging from 531 out of 1,368 Illinois middle schools in 2024-2025 to 739 out of 1,363 in 2023-2024.
In the 2024-2025 school year, Washington Elementary School had 61% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) across all grades, outperforming the district average of 48.6% and the state average of 53.1%. However, in mathematics, the school had only 29.9% of students proficient or better, lower than the district average of 33.6% and the state average of 38.5%. The school's 8th-grade students performed better in ELA (73.8% proficient or better) compared to 6th (68.4%) and 7th (39.5%) grades, but in 8th-grade science, only 40% of students were proficient or better, lower than the state average of 45.4%.
The school has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 43.31% in the 2023-2024 school year, and a student-teacher ratio of 14.1 for the same year. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $14,338. These factors suggest the need to address socioeconomic challenges that may be impacting student learning and achievement, as well as opportunities to improve performance in mathematics and science.
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