High Schools in Southeastern CUSD 337

Southeastern CUSD 337 in Illinois has only one high school, Southeastern Junior/Senior High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has faced some challenges in recent years, including fluctuating performance, underperformance in mathematics, and high chronic absenteeism rates.

Southeastern Junior/Senior High School's statewide ranking has ranged from 240th out of 697 Illinois high schools in 2023-2024 to 537th out of 699 in 2022-2023, indicating a potential decline in performance. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics have generally been below the state averages, with the Mathematics proficiency rate significantly lower at 20.3% compared to the state average of 38.5%. Additionally, the school's 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.4% is higher than the state average.

Demographic and socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's challenges. Southeastern Junior/Senior High School has a relatively small student population of 187 students, with a high percentage (56.15%) of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's per-student spending is higher than the state average, but its academic performance still lags behind. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is significantly higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to the school's overall performance.