Summary:
The 60146 zip code is home to a single public high school, Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 6-12 with an enrollment of 211 students. While the school's 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% is respectable, its academic performance on state assessments and the ACT college entrance exam lags behind state averages, particularly in math proficiency.
Hiawatha Junior/Senior High School's ELA and math proficiency rates for all grades are 42.4% and 36.5% respectively, compared to state averages of 53.1% and 38.5%. The school's 11th-grade ACT performance is also below state benchmarks, with just 27.6% of students meeting the math proficiency standard versus 39.3% statewide. These academic challenges may be exacerbated by the school's relatively high free/reduced lunch rate of 42.18%, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students.
Despite the school's academic performance concerns, it benefits from a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.5 to 1 and high per-student spending of $17,932. However, these resources do not appear to be fully translating into improved learning outcomes for students. As the sole high school serving the 60146 zip code, Hiawatha CUSD 426 will need to carefully evaluate strategies to address the academic achievement gaps and better prepare students for college and career success.
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