Summary:
The Virginia CUSD 64 district in Illinois consists of two schools: Virginia Elementary School and Virginia Junior/Senior High School. While Virginia Elementary School has consistently performed well, ranking in the top quarter of Illinois elementary schools, Virginia Junior/Senior High School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 281 out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2021-2022 to 418 out of 697 in 2023-2024.
Virginia Elementary School has outperformed the district and state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency, with particularly strong performance in 5th grade English Language Arts and 3rd grade Mathematics. In contrast, Virginia Junior/Senior High School has struggled with Mathematics proficiency, with only 5.3% of 11th graders proficient or better on the SAT Mathematics in the 2023-2024 school year.
Both schools face challenges with chronic absenteeism, with Virginia Junior/Senior High School having a 20.1% chronic absenteeism rate and Virginia Elementary School at 12.9% in the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, the high free/reduced lunch rates at both schools, 66.11% at Virginia Elementary and 52.48% at Virginia Junior/Senior High, suggest a significant population of students from low-income families, which may contribute to the challenges faced by the schools.
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