Summary:
The 61723 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Olympia South Elementary School, which serves students from the Olympia CUSD 16 district. While the school has shown some improvement in academic performance in recent years, it still lags behind district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency.
Olympia South Elementary School has a statewide ranking that has fluctuated, ranging from 790 out of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools in 2024-2025 to 1,132 out of 2,077 in 2022-2023. The school's ELA proficiency for all grades increased from 45.1% in 2023-2024 to 61.3% in 2024-2025, and its Mathematics proficiency increased from 21.8% to 37.5% during the same period. However, these scores still fall short of the district and state averages. The school also faces challenges with a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year.
Olympia South Elementary School serves a population with significant economic challenges, as evidenced by the high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 60.06% in 2023-2024. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $12,868, and the student-teacher ratio was 18:1. While the school has shown some improvement, it still faces obstacles in providing a high-quality education to its students, and may benefit from additional support or resources to address the needs of its student population.
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