Summary:
The 62242 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Evansville Attendance Center, which serves grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 114 students. The school is part of the Sparta CUSD 140 district, which is ranked 626 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Evansville Attendance Center's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, is generally lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 35.4%, compared to 45.3% for the district and 53.1% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades was 26.2%, compared to 27.2% for the district and 38.5% for the state. The school's performance in Science (ISA) for 8th grade was also lower than the district and state averages.
Additionally, Evansville Attendance Center has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the state average. Despite the school's higher per-student spending of $17,213 for the 2023-2024 school year and a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 10.3, the academic performance is still lagging behind the district and state. This suggests that factors beyond just funding and resources may be contributing to the school's challenges, which could be related to the relatively high percentage of students (28.95%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges in the school's population.
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