Summary:
The Dakota CUSD 201 district in Illinois serves students from two schools - Dakota Elementary School and Dakota Junior Senior High School. While both schools perform reasonably well, the standout in the district is clearly the high school, which ranks in the top 15% of Illinois high schools and outperforms state and district averages on key metrics like test scores and graduation rates.
Dakota Junior Senior High School earns a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and has maintained this high performance over the past 3 years. The school boasts a 90.4% 4-year graduation rate, low 1.9% dropout rate, and strong proficiency on state assessments like the SAT and Illinois Assessment of Readiness. Science proficiency is particularly impressive, with 75.4% of students meeting standards compared to just 53.2% statewide.
In contrast, while Dakota Elementary School performs reasonably well, it does not stand out as strongly as the high school. The elementary school's test scores are generally in line with or slightly below state and district averages, and its ranking has declined from the top 20% of Illinois elementary schools to the middle 30-40% in recent years. This could be an area for the district to focus on improving, especially given the higher chronic absenteeism rate of 13.6% compared to 8.3% at the high school level.
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