Summary:
The 62410 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Allendale Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 137 students. The school is part of the Allendale CCSD 17 district, which is ranked 575 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Allendale Elementary School's academic performance is inconsistent, with some grade levels and subject areas performing better than the state average, while others lag significantly behind. The school's overall proficiency rates in English Language Arts (51.1%) and Mathematics (27.3%) are below the state averages. However, the school's 7th-grade ELA proficiency rate of 68.4% is notably higher than the state average of 54.5%. Science proficiency is also mixed, with 5th-grade students performing better than the state average but 8th-grade students performing worse.
The school faces socioeconomic challenges, with 56.2% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the school's above-average per-student spending of $10,372, the academic performance does not necessarily reflect this investment. Additionally, the school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% suggests that attendance may be an area for improvement. The school's small student-teacher ratio of 12.2 indicates relatively small class sizes, which could be leveraged to provide more targeted support for struggling students.
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