Summary:
The city of Dixmoor, Illinois is home to three struggling schools - two elementary schools (Martin L King Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School) and one middle school (Rosa L Parks Middle School). These schools are consistently underperforming, with low test scores, high chronic absenteeism rates, and poor rankings from SchoolDigger.
Across all three schools, proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly below state averages. For example, at Rosa L Parks Middle School, only 13.7% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%. The math proficiency rates are especially low, with the highest being 3.8% at Martin L King Elementary School. Chronic absenteeism rates are also very high, ranging from 36.1% at Rosa L Parks Middle School to 59.8% at Lincoln Elementary School.
Despite the relatively high per-student spending, ranging from $27,872 at Martin L King Elementary School to $29,014 at Rosa L Parks Middle School, the schools are not achieving strong academic outcomes. This suggests that the challenges faced by these schools may be systemic and require a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach to address both academic and socioeconomic factors. The high rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 89.77% to 99.19%, indicate that the schools are serving a population facing significant economic disadvantages.
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