Summary:
Okaw Valley CUSD 302 is a small school district in Illinois that serves the community of Okaw Valley. The district has only one high school, Okaw Valley High School, which serves grades 9-12. While the school has a higher-than-average graduation rate and lower dropout rate compared to the state, its academic performance, particularly in mathematics, is significantly below the Illinois average.
Okaw Valley High School has a statewide ranking between 424-453 out of 697-699 Illinois high schools and a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's SAT Mathematics proficiency rate is just 12%, compared to the state average of 26.1%, and its SAT English Language Arts proficiency rate is 20%, lower than the state's 31.1%. However, the school's science proficiency rate on the ISA exam is slightly higher than the state average. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 16.3% is also higher than the state average.
Demographic and socioeconomic factors may play a role in the school's academic challenges. Okaw Valley High School has a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 42.77%, which is higher than the state average. The school's per-student spending is also above the state average, at $14,175 per student. While the school's student-teacher ratio of 11.1 is lower than the state average, this does not seem to be translating into higher academic achievement based on the available data. Overall, Okaw Valley CUSD 302 and its lone high school face challenges in improving student academic performance and engagement.
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