Summary:
The Lowpoint-Washburn CUSD 21 district in Illinois has one elementary school, Lowpoint-Washburn Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and has a total enrollment of 159 students.
Lowpoint-Washburn Elementary School has consistently received a 3-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, indicating average performance compared to other Illinois elementary schools. The school's academic performance is close to the state averages, with 51.5% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 34.3% proficient or better in mathematics. However, the school's mathematics performance lags behind the state average of 38.5% proficiency. The school has shown some improvement in recent years, with ELA proficiency increasing from 31.6% in 2023-2024 to 51.5% in 2024-2025.
One area of concern for Lowpoint-Washburn Elementary School is its relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, as indicated by the high rate of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 53.46%. Despite these challenges, the school's per-student spending of $14,079 is higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 13.2 is slightly lower than the state average.
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