Summary:
The 60162 zip code area is home to two schools - Proviso West High School and Hillside Elementary School. While Proviso West High School serves grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 1,869 students, Hillside Elementary covers grades PK-8 with 455 students. Both schools face significant challenges, with low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and poor district-level rankings.
Proviso West High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with only 21.6% of 11th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts and 11.3% in Mathematics. The school's dropout rate is 2.4%, and its chronic absenteeism rate is 25.4%. In contrast, Hillside Elementary School has a slightly higher statewide ranking, but its academic performance is mixed, with 42.5% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts but only 23.2% in Mathematics. Hillside Elementary also struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%.
Both schools are part of lower-performing school districts, with Proviso Township HSD 209 and Hillside School District 93 ranked 657th and 661st out of 811 districts in Illinois, respectively. This suggests systemic challenges that may be impacting the individual schools. Addressing the issues of low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and poor district-level rankings will require a comprehensive approach to improve educational outcomes for the students in this community.
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