Summary:
The city of Cornell, Illinois has just one school, Cornell Elementary School, which serves grades K-8 and has a total enrollment of 95 students. The school is part of the Cornell CCSD 426 school district, which is ranked 433 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Cornell Elementary School has a mixed academic performance. In English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rates range from 27.3% in 3rd grade to 80% in 8th grade, with an overall proficiency rate of 47.1% across all grades, which is higher than the state average of 41.2%. However, in Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates range from 0% in 6th grade to 50% in 8th grade, with an overall proficiency rate of 18.6%, which is lower than the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance in Science is a bright spot, with a proficiency rate of 73.1% across all grades, significantly higher than the state average of 53.2%.
The school has a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, 29.47% of students at Cornell Elementary School were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a relatively high economic need among the student population. The school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $18,457, and the student-teacher ratio was 8.2, suggesting that the school has access to significant resources that could be leveraged to address areas of academic weakness.
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