Summary:
The 61846 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Pine Crest Elementary School, which serves students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Georgetown-Ridge Farm CUD 4 district, which is ranked 696 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating.
Pine Crest Elementary School is struggling academically, with proficiency rates well below state and district averages in English Language Arts (ELA), Math, and Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 36.4% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.1% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Math, only 20.8% of students were proficient or better, compared to 20.5% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school's statewide ranking has declined over the past few years, going from 1314 out of 2077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1578 out of 2056 in 2024-2025, with a 1-star rating.
Despite the academic challenges, Pine Crest Elementary School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.5, which could be an asset if leveraged effectively. However, the school faces other obstacles, such as a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% and a high percentage of students (81.08%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. The higher-than-average spending per student of $15,881 suggests that resources are being allocated to the school, but the academic outcomes do not yet reflect a positive return on that investment.
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