Summary:
The 61764 zip code is home to a single high school, Pontiac High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. This school is part of the Pontiac Township HSD 90 district and has a student population of 678.
Pontiac High School is a relatively strong performer among Illinois high schools, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 274 out of 698 schools in the state. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% is above the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.4% is lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% is higher than the state average, which may be an area of concern.
Academically, Pontiac High School's proficiency rates in ACT/ELA, ACT/Math, and ACT/Science for 11th-grade students are generally higher than the state averages, but its proficiency rates in SAT/Math and SAT/ELA for 11th-grade students are lower than the state averages. The school's spending per student of $18,367 is higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 14.5 is slightly lower than the state average, which may contribute to its overall performance.
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