Summary:
The 61080 zip code area is home to 7 schools across two school districts - Prairie Hill CCSD 133 and County of Winnebago School District 320. The standout schools in the area are Prairie Hill Elementary School and Willowbrook Middle School, which consistently rank among the top schools in Illinois and have significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to state averages.
In contrast, the schools in the County of Winnebago School District 320 generally perform much lower, with Riverview Elementary, South Beloit Senior High, South Beloit Junior High, Clark Elementary, and Blackhawk Elementary all ranking in the bottom half or bottom quarter of their respective school types statewide. These schools have much lower proficiency rates, with Riverview Elementary at just 36.2% in ELA and 30.8% in Math for the 2024-2025 school year.
Across all schools in the 61080 zip code area, the chronic absenteeism rate is quite high at 25.4%, and the free/reduced lunch rates range from 12.13% at Prairie Hill Elementary to over 65% at some of the County of Winnebago District 320 schools. While spending per student and student-teacher ratios vary, these factors do not appear to be the primary drivers of the performance differences between the two districts.
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