Summary:
The 62910 zip code area is home to two standout elementary schools, Brookport Elementary School and Unity Elementary School, both part of the Massac UD 1 school district. While the schools share some similarities, such as comparable per-student spending, they also exhibit notable differences in their academic performance and student demographics.
Brookport Elementary School has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranks in the top 50% of Illinois elementary schools, with strong test scores, particularly in 5th and 6th grade. In contrast, Unity Elementary School boasts an even higher 4-star rating and ranks in the top 20% of Illinois elementary schools, with consistently strong test scores across all grade levels, often exceeding the district and state averages.
One key difference between the schools is their chronic absenteeism rates. Brookport Elementary has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 16.9%, while Unity Elementary has a much lower rate of 7.0%. Additionally, Brookport Elementary has a very high free/reduced lunch rate of 90.06%, indicating a high-poverty student population, compared to Unity Elementary's rate of 55.22%.
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