Summary:
The city of Grafton, Illinois has two schools - Grafton Elementary School and Il Youth Center - Pere Marquette. Grafton Elementary School serves a relatively large student population of 174 students, while Il Youth Center - Pere Marquette has a much smaller enrollment of 7 students.
Grafton Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 692nd out of 2,082 Illinois elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 1,153rd out of 2,067 in 2023-2024. The school's performance on state assessments is below the Jersey CUSD 100 district and state averages, with only 22.2% of 3rd graders and 23.1% of 4th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts in 2023-2024. Additionally, the school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 13.1% in 2023-2024.
In contrast, Il Youth Center - Pere Marquette, a high school serving a small population of 7 students, has a very low student-teacher ratio of 1:1. The school has a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 92.9% for the 2019-2020 school year, but also a high dropout rate of 9.4% for the same school year. The school's per-student spending is significantly higher than Grafton Elementary School, at $65,846 per student in 2019-2020, compared to $11,087 per student at the elementary school in 2022-2023.
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