Summary:
Flanagan-Cornell District 74 is a small school district in Illinois that contains only one high school, Flanagan-Cornell High School. The school has consistently underperformed compared to state averages across a range of metrics, including statewide rankings, academic proficiency rates, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism.
Flanagan-Cornell High School's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 436 out of 697 Illinois high schools in 2023-2024 to 583 out of 699 in 2022-2023. The school's SchoolDigger rating has been consistently low, with 1 out of 5 stars in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. Its four-year graduation rate for 2023-2024 is 87.5%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate for 2020-2021 was 4.3%, which is higher than the state average. The school's chronic absenteeism rate for 2023-2024 is also relatively high at 15.6%.
Academically, Flanagan-Cornell High School's proficiency rates on the SAT and ISA assessments have been significantly lower than the state averages in recent years. For example, in SAT Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 11.5% compared to the state average of 26.1% in 2023-2024. The school's high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (43.24% in 2022-2023) and its relatively high per-student spending ($21,660 in 2022-2023) suggest that the school may be serving a socioeconomically disadvantaged population, which could be a contributing factor to its low academic performance.
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