Summary:
The zip code 61238 contains a single public high school, Cambridge Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 6-12 and is part of the Cambridge CUSD 227 district. The school has a total enrollment of 235 students and a 4-year graduation rate of 89.0%, which is above the state average.
Cambridge Junior/Senior High School performs better than the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, with 60.7% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025. However, the school struggles in Mathematics proficiency, with only 43.8% of students proficient or better. The school's proficiency rates in Science (ISA) for 8th grade are significantly higher than the state average, at 68.4% in 2024-2025, but the school's proficiency rates in ACT/SAT subjects for 11th grade are lower than the state averages.
The school has a relatively high percentage of students (47.23%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $15,012, which is higher than the state average, and the school has a student-teacher ratio of 11.3, which is lower than the state average. These factors suggest that the district is allocating significant resources to the school, but the school may need to evaluate the effectiveness of its resource utilization to address the academic challenges it faces.
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