Summary:
The city of Elmhurst, Illinois is home to a diverse set of 13 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 1 high school. The schools in this area are generally high-performing, with the York Community High School ranking 42nd out of 697 Illinois high schools and earning a 5-star rating. The top-performing elementary school is Jefferson Elementary School, which ranks 34th out of 2,067 Illinois elementary schools and also earns a 5-star rating.
While the Elmhurst School District 205 as a whole is a high-performing district, ranked 63rd out of 813 districts in Illinois, there are notable performance gaps between the top-performing and lower-performing schools. For example, Jefferson Elementary has 77.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, while Conrad Fischer Elementary School has only 34.9% proficient or better.
Factors such as funding and resources, as well as student demographics, appear to play a role in these performance differences. Spending per student ranges from $12,363 at Field Elementary School to $22,709 at Churchville Middle School, and chronic absenteeism rates vary widely, from 3.4% at Lincoln Elementary to 23.5% at Salt Creek Elementary School.
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