Summary:
Tri Point CUSD 6-J, a rural school district in Illinois, has only one middle school, Tri-Point Junior High/Elementary. This small, high-poverty school serves students in grades 5-8 and has faced challenges in academic performance, particularly in mathematics.
Tri-Point Junior High/Elementary has maintained a consistent ranking in the middle-to-lower range of Illinois middle schools over the past three years, with its performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams being mixed. While the school's English Language Arts proficiency rates are generally on par with or slightly above the Tri Point CUSD 6-J district average, they fall below the state average. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates are above the district average but below the state average. On the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA), the school's 5th grade science proficiency rate is well above the district and state averages, but the 8th grade rate is below the state average.
Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending and low student-teacher ratio, it faces significant challenges, including a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (82.76%) and a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%. These factors suggest the need for additional resources and support to address the unique needs of the school's predominantly low-income student population and improve overall academic performance, particularly in the area of mathematics.
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