Summary:
Bethalto CUSD 8, a school district located in Illinois, has only one middle school - Wilbur Trimpe Middle School. While the school serves a population with a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, its academic performance on standardized tests is consistently below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas.
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School has 531 students and a student-teacher ratio of 14.6, which is slightly higher than the state average. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 10.8% is also slightly higher than the state average. On the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) tests, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics range from 35% to 39.7% and 22.1% to 29%, respectively, which are below the state averages of 41.2% to 49.9% and 24.8% to 28.7%. Similarly, the school's proficiency rate of 49.4% on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) is slightly below the state average of 53.2%.
The data suggests that Bethalto CUSD 8, the district that Wilbur Trimpe Middle School is a part of, is facing systemic challenges that are impacting the performance of its schools. The district is ranked 354 out of 813 districts in Illinois and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, indicating that the district as a whole may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address the academic challenges faced by its schools.
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