Summary:
The 60460 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Odell Grade School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 172 students. The school is part of the Odell CCSD 435 district, which is ranked 581 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Odell Grade School's academic performance is a significant concern, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics that are consistently well below the state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 26.3%, compared to the state average of 41.2%, and its Mathematics proficiency rate was 16.3%, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's science proficiency rate of 52.6% is also slightly below the state average of 53.2%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 18.8%, which is higher than the state average.
Socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's academic challenges, as 40.12% of its students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Despite the higher-than-average per-student spending of $20,949, the school's academic outcomes do not seem to be reflecting this investment. The school's low student-teacher ratio of 10.7 could be a positive factor, but it has not translated into improved academic performance based on the available data.
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