Summary:
The Wethersfield Elementary School is the sole elementary school serving grades PK-6 in the Wethersfield CUSD 230 district in Illinois. This school has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 859th in 2022-2023 to 762nd in 2024-2025, placing it in the top 37% of Illinois elementary schools.
Wethersfield Elementary's performance on state assessments is generally above the district and state averages, particularly in English Language Arts where 58.7% of students were proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to 64.7% for the district and 53.1% statewide. The school's 5th grade science proficiency rate of 64.5% in 2024-2025 was also significantly higher than the state average of 40.6%. However, the school's math performance lags behind its strong ELA results, suggesting a need to focus on improving math instruction and outcomes.
While Wethersfield Elementary faces challenges with a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a free/reduced lunch rate of 51.31%, indicating greater economic needs among the student population, the school's above-average per-student spending of $12,791 and low student-teacher ratio of 13.3 to 1 suggest efforts to address these challenges. Overall, Wethersfield Elementary School appears to be a solid-performing school within the Wethersfield CUSD 230 district, with room for improvement in certain areas.
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