Summary:
Pleasant Hill School District 69 in Illinois has only one elementary school, Pleasant Hill Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 162 students. The school's performance has been declining in recent years, with a 1-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 1651 out of 2056 Illinois elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year.
Academically, Pleasant Hill Elementary School struggles significantly compared to state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 37.3% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 53.1%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was just 9.5%, far below the state average of 38.5%. The school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate of 47.4% is slightly higher than the state average of 45.4%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, well above the state average.
Socioeconomic factors may play a role in the school's challenges, as 93.83% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. However, the school district's spending per student for the 2023-2024 school year was $12,532, higher than the state average. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1, which is generally considered a positive factor for student learning. Further investigation into the school's curriculum, instructional practices, and other factors would be necessary to identify the root causes of the observed academic struggles.
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