Summary:
Riverdale CUSD 100 is a school district in Illinois that contains one standout middle school, Riverdale Middle School. This school has consistently ranked among the top middle schools in Illinois, placing in the top 301 out of 1,363 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and the top 160 out of 1,369 schools in the 2021-2022 school year. Riverdale Middle School maintains a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating strong overall performance.
Academically, Riverdale Middle School outperforms the Riverdale CUSD 100 district and the state of Illinois in proficiency rates for ELA and Mathematics across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 59.9%, compared to 57.7% for the district and 41.2% for the state. Similarly, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate for all grades was 33.9%, compared to 38.6% for the district and 28.4% for the state. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.4% in the 2023-2024 school year was higher than the state average, which could be an area for improvement.
Riverdale Middle School has a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 20.97% in the 2022-2023 school year, suggesting a relatively affluent student population. The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $11,145, and the student-teacher ratio was 16.6, indicating the school has access to adequate resources, which may contribute to its strong academic performance. Continued investment in the school's resources could help maintain and potentially improve its outcomes.
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