Summary:
The 61264 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 with 257 students. The school is part of the Rock Island School District 41, which is ranked 740 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School faces significant challenges, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and consistently underperforming the state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in ELA, the school's overall proficiency rate is 33.3%, compared to 32.5% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's overall proficiency rate is 29.4%, compared to 21.8% for the district and 38.5% for the state. Additionally, the school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate of 22% is significantly lower than the state average of 40.6%.
The school's high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (61.09%) suggests that it serves a predominantly low-income population, which can present additional challenges in terms of providing resources and support for students. While the school's student-teacher ratio of 11.2 to 1 is relatively low, the data does not provide information on the quality or experience of the teaching staff. The school's spending per student of $14,812 is higher than the state average, but it is unclear how these funds are being allocated and whether they are being used effectively to support student learning and achievement.
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