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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 61760


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The 61760 zip code area is home to a single elementary school, Fieldcrest Primary School, which serves grades PK-2 and has an enrollment of 202 students. The school is part of the Fieldcrest CUSD 6 district, which is ranked 402 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fieldcrest Primary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with rankings between 1,160 and 1,315 out of around 2,050 schools over the past three school years. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is significantly higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to its low academic performance. Additionally, over 58% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a predominantly economically disadvantaged student population.

Despite the school's low performance, it spends more per student than the state average, at $16,951 per student in the 2023-2024 school year. The school also has a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.3 to 1, which could be a positive factor in terms of providing more individualized attention and support for students. However, these factors have not yet translated into improved academic outcomes for Fieldcrest Primary School.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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