Summary:
The city of Clay City, Illinois is home to three public schools serving grades K-12: Clay City Elementary School, Clay City High School, and Clay City Junior High School. Unfortunately, the data indicates that all three schools in the Clay City CUSD 10 district are performing well below state averages on key metrics like test scores, attendance, and graduation rates.
Across the district, proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly lower than state averages, ranging from 0% to 23.5% at the middle and high school levels. Chronic absenteeism is also a major issue, with rates as high as 38.7% at the high school. The district's four-year graduation rate of 79.2% is lower than the state average, and the dropout rate of 2.9% is higher. These challenges appear to be exacerbated by the high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which suggests significant socioeconomic disadvantages in the community.
With the district ranking 799 out of 813 in Illinois and all three schools receiving low ratings from SchoolDigger, there is clearly a need for improvement across the board. Identifying the root causes of the district's struggles and implementing effective strategies to address them, particularly in the areas of academic achievement, attendance, and graduation, should be a top priority. Given the small size of the district, there may also be opportunities for the schools to collaborate and share best practices to drive improvement and provide a higher-quality education for the students of Clay City.
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