Summary:
The 62872 zip code has only one school, Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School, an elementary school serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 138 students. The school is part of the Opdyke-Belle-Rive CCSD 5 district, which is ranked 681 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, going from 580th out of 2,077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1,218th out of 2,056 in 2024-2025. The school's chronic absenteeism rate is quite high at 25.4% for the 2024-2025 school year, and its test scores are generally below the state averages, with only a few grade levels exceeding the state proficiency rates in ELA and Math.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.2 and higher-than-average spending of $18,646 per student, the data suggests that Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students. The declining performance, low test scores, high chronic absenteeism, and lack of alignment between spending and outcomes are all areas that the school and district may need to address to improve student outcomes.
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