Summary:
The Century CUSD 100 school district in Illinois has only one elementary school, Century Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school's performance has been consistently below the state average, ranking in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Century Elementary School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than the state averages, with only 20.3% of students proficient or better in ELA compared to the state average of 41.2%. However, the school's 5th grade science proficiency rate is slightly higher than the state average. The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 54.44%, and its chronic absenteeism rate is also significantly higher than the state average at 20.1%.
Despite the school's lower-than-average performance, it has a relatively small class size with a student-teacher ratio of 10.9, which is lower than the state average. The school's per-student spending is also higher than the state average at $19,288. However, the school's performance has been declining over the past few years, with its ranking dropping from 1239 out of 2077 schools in 2022-2023 to 1668 out of 2067 schools in 2023-2024, indicating the need for further investigation and targeted interventions to improve the educational experience for its students.
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