Summary:
The 60435 zip code in Illinois is home to a single high school, Joliet West High School, which serves grades 9-12. While the school has a relatively large student population of 3,436, its performance metrics and rankings are generally below average compared to state-wide averages.
Joliet Township High School District 204, which Joliet West High School is a part of, is ranked 693rd out of 811 districts in Illinois and is rated only 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger, suggesting the broader district may also be facing challenges. Joliet West High School's four-year graduation rate of 89.0% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.4% is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is significantly higher than the state average.
Joliet West High School's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science were all below the state averages for 11th, 10th, and 9th grade students. The school's high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients, at 58.79%, indicates that the student population faces significant economic challenges, which may be contributing to the school's underperformance. Despite the school's higher-than-average spending per student of $16,710, its performance metrics and rankings suggest that the school is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students.
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