Summary:
The 61614 zip code area of Peoria, Illinois is home to three elementary schools - Kellar Primary School, Northmoor Primary School, and Hines Primary School - all part of the Peoria School District 150. Based on the available data, Kellar Primary School stands out as the top-performing school in the area, consistently ranking in the top 30% of Illinois elementary schools and achieving significantly higher test scores than the other two schools.
Kellar Primary School boasts over 60% proficiency in English Language Arts and over 50% proficiency in Mathematics, far exceeding the district and state averages. In contrast, Hines Primary School has the lowest test scores and rankings, placing in the bottom 20% of Illinois elementary schools. Northmoor Primary School falls somewhere in the middle, with better performance than Hines but not as strong as Kellar.
The data also reveals a correlation between the schools' socioeconomic factors, such as free/reduced lunch rates, and their academic performance. Hines Primary, with the highest free/reduced lunch rate, has the lowest test scores and rankings, while Kellar Primary, with the lowest free/reduced lunch rate, has the highest test scores and rankings. However, the relationship between school resources, such as per-student spending and student-teacher ratio, and student achievement is more complex, as Kellar Primary outperforms the other schools despite having the lowest per-student spending.
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