Summary:
Olympia CUSD 16 in Illinois is home to a single middle school, Olympia Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school is a relatively strong performer within the district and the state, ranking in the top 30% of Illinois middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year.
Olympia Middle School excels in English Language Arts, with 60.3% of students proficient or better, outpacing both district and state averages. However, the school's mathematics proficiency rate of 36.9% is lower, suggesting an area for potential improvement. The school's 8th-grade science proficiency of 54.3% is also higher than the state average of 45.4%.
While Olympia Middle School performs well overall, it faces some challenges, including a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, over 40% of the school's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic need. The school's spending per student of $13,218 and a student-teacher ratio of 13.1 to 1 are also noteworthy metrics to consider.
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