Summary:
The 62643 zip code has only one school, Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior High School, a public high school serving grades 6-12 with a total enrollment of 88 students. The school is part of the Hartsburg Emden CUSD 21 district, which is ranked 491 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior High School has a 89.0% four-year graduation rate and a 2.4% dropout rate for the 2024-2025 school year. The school's performance on standardized tests is mixed, with higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts compared to the district but lower rates in Mathematics compared to both the district and state averages. However, the school's science proficiency rates on the ISA are higher than the state average.
The school has a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families, with a 36.36% free and reduced-price lunch rate. Despite this, the school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $19,906, which is higher than the state average, and the school has a low student-teacher ratio of 6.7. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, dropping from 55th out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2022-2023 to 353rd out of 697 in 2023-2024, and then improving to 272nd out of 698 in 2024-2025, suggesting inconsistent performance.
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