Summary:
The 61874 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Carrie Busey Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 and has an enrollment of 451 students. While there are no other schools in the immediate area to compare it to, the available data suggests Carrie Busey Elementary is a relatively high-performing school, with test scores that exceed the Champaign CUSD 4 district and Illinois state averages in many subjects and grade levels.
In the 2024-2025 school year, Carrie Busey Elementary's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math for all grades were 55.6% and 49.1%, respectively, compared to district averages of 38.8% and 29.6%, and state averages of 53.1% and 38.5%. The school's 5th-grade proficiency rates in 2024-2025 were also higher than the district and state in ELA (61.6% vs. 37.9% and 54.6%), Math (50.7% vs. 27.8% and 36.5%), and Science (41.1% vs. 32.1% and 40.6%).
However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate in 2024-2025 was 25.4%, which is higher than the state average of 18.2%. Additionally, the school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $16,600, which is higher than the state average of $14,349, and its free and reduced-price lunch rate of 37.03% is lower than the district average of 59.1%, suggesting the school may serve a more affluent student population. Overall, Carrie Busey Elementary appears to be a strong-performing school, but the higher chronic absenteeism rate is an area that may warrant further investigation and potential improvement efforts.
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