Summary:
The city of Cairo, Illinois is home to two schools - Cairo Elementary School and Cairo Junior/Senior High School, both part of the Cairo Unified School District 1. These schools face significant challenges, exhibiting consistently low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and serving a student population facing substantial socioeconomic difficulties.
Cairo Elementary School stands out for its extremely low proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, with the majority of students not meeting state standards. The school also has a concerning 45.5% chronic absenteeism rate and 100% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Similarly, Cairo Junior/Senior High School demonstrates very low academic performance, a 61.4% chronic absenteeism rate, and a graduation rate of only 64.3%, well below the state average.
Both schools are ranked very low in their respective categories and have a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating a lack of overall school quality and effectiveness. The high rates of free/reduced lunch recipients at both schools suggest that the student population faces significant socioeconomic challenges, which likely contribute to the low academic performance and high absenteeism rates. Immediate and comprehensive interventions are needed to address these issues and provide a high-quality education for the students in the Cairo community.
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