Summary:
The 60146 zip code area is home to a single elementary school, Hiawatha Elementary School PreK-5, which serves students from prekindergarten through 5th grade. This public school is part of the Hiawatha CUSD 426 district, which is ranked 507 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Hiawatha Elementary School PreK-5 has maintained a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three school years, indicating a relatively stable performance. However, the school's proficiency rates on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams show some variation across grade levels and subject areas. While the 5th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate is relatively high at 64.5% in the 2024-2025 school year, the overall ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates are below the state averages. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% for the 2024-2025 school year is relatively high, which could be a factor impacting student performance.
The school's high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (50.23%) suggests a student population with a relatively low socioeconomic status, which may present additional challenges for the school. Despite this, the school's per-student spending of $15,391 for the 2023-2024 school year is higher than the state average, and the school's student-teacher ratio of 12.2 for the same year is relatively low, which could be a positive factor in providing more individualized attention to students. Overall, the data suggests that Hiawatha Elementary School PreK-5 is facing some challenges, particularly in terms of student academic performance and high rates of chronic absenteeism, but there may be opportunities for improvement with the right strategies and resources.
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