Summary:
The 62972 zip code is home to a single standout elementary school, New Simpson Hill District 32, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 237 students. This school is part of the New Simpson Hill School District 32, which is ranked 376 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
New Simpson Hill District 32 is a high-performing school, consistently exceeding state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across multiple grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd-grade ELA proficiency rate was 88.5%, compared to the state average of 47.3%. The school has also shown improvement over time, with the overall ELA proficiency rate increasing from 48.1% in 2023-2024 to 61.8% in 2024-2025.
While the school's performance is strong in the lower grades, there appears to be a decline in proficiency rates as students progress through the upper grades, particularly in Mathematics. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year is relatively high, which could be a contributing factor to the declining performance in the upper grades. Overall, New Simpson Hill District 32 is a standout school in the 62972 zip code, providing a high-quality education, but may need to address some challenges to maintain its high level of achievement.
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