Summary:
The 61933 zip code in Illinois is home to two schools - Kansas Elementary School and Kansas High School, both part of the Kansas CUSD 3 district. While Kansas Elementary School demonstrates consistently strong performance in English Language Arts, both schools struggle with Mathematics proficiency, and they face significant challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates.
Kansas Elementary School stands out for its consistently high performance on English Language Arts assessments, with 58% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the district and state averages. The school also excels in science, with 78.6% of 5th graders proficient or better on the ISA Science assessment in 2024-2025. However, the school's Mathematics proficiency rates are relatively low, with only 26% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025. Both Kansas Elementary School and Kansas High School have high chronic absenteeism rates, around 25.4% in 2024-2025, which may be impacting their overall academic performance.
Kansas High School has shown improvement, moving from a statewide ranking of 599 out of 697 Illinois high schools in 2023-2024 to 315 out of 698 in 2024-2025. The school also has a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 89.0% and a low dropout rate of 2.4% in 2024-2025. However, like the elementary school, Kansas High School struggles with Mathematics proficiency, with only 15.4% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to 50% in English Language Arts.
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