Summary:
There is only one elementary school located in Lawrence County CUD 20 in Illinois - Parkside Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and has an enrollment of 513 students. The school's academic performance has been declining over the past three years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 903 out of 2,082 Illinois elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 1,374 out of 2,067 in 2023-2024.
Parkside Elementary School's test scores in English Language Arts (ELA), math, and science are significantly below the state averages. In 2023-2024, the percentage of students proficient or better in ELA ranged from 19.3% (3rd grade) to 27.5% (5th grade), compared to the state average of 41.2%. In math, the proficiency rates ranged from 11.3% (5th grade) to 20.7% (4th grade), compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's science proficiency rate for all grades in 2023-2024 was 47.5%, which is lower than the state average of 53.2%.
Despite the school's academic challenges, it has a relatively high per-student spending of $12,825 for the 2022-2023 school year and a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.5 compared to the state average. However, the school serves a predominantly low-income population, with 66.28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. These factors suggest that the school may need to explore more effective strategies to support student learning and address the underlying causes of its academic underperformance.
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