Summary:
The city of Hillsboro, Illinois is home to 3 schools serving students from elementary through high school, all part of the Hillsboro CUSD 3 district. Based on the available data, Hillsboro Junior High School stands out as the highest-performing school in the district, consistently ranking in the top 25% of Illinois middle schools and earning a 4-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's English Language Arts proficiency rates are particularly impressive, with 70.7% of students scoring proficient or better across all grades.
While the district faces some challenges, such as high chronic absenteeism rates and lower math proficiency across all schools, there are also some bright spots. Hillsboro High School has a reasonably strong 88.7% 4-year graduation rate and 2.2% dropout rate. Additionally, the district's per-student spending levels are relatively high, ranging from $12,171 to $12,740 per student, and student-teacher ratios are relatively low compared to state averages.
Overall, the data suggests the Hillsboro school district has room for improvement, particularly in addressing attendance issues and boosting math proficiency, but also highlights the strong performance of Hillsboro Junior High School as a potential model for the district to build upon. Targeted efforts to replicate the junior high's success and support economically disadvantaged students could help raise achievement across all of Hillsboro's schools.
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