Summary:
The city of Argenta, Illinois is home to two schools: Argenta-Oreana High School and Argenta-Oreana Middle School, both part of the Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1 district. While the middle school performs slightly better on some metrics, both schools struggle with low standardized test scores, high chronic absenteeism, and below-average graduation rates compared to state averages.
Argenta-Oreana High School is ranked 454 out of 697 Illinois high schools and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. It has a 4-year graduation rate of only 83.8% and a dropout rate of 4.0%, both worse than the state average. The school also significantly underperforms on standardized tests, with only 10.6% of 11th graders proficient or better in SAT Math and 18.2% in SAT English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 26.1% and 31.1%, respectively. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 27.6%.
While the Argenta-Oreana Middle School performs slightly better, with a 3-star rating and ranking 622 out of 1,363 Illinois middle schools, it still struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 30.8% and low proficiency rates in IAR Mathematics, with only 15.8% of students proficient or better across all grades, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The middle school does outperform the high school on some metrics, such as 48% of students proficient or better in IAR English Language Arts and 46.8% in ISA Science, but overall, the Argenta-Oreana school district appears to be underperforming and facing systemic challenges that need to be addressed.
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