Summary:
The city of Oakwood, Illinois has only one school, Oakwood Grade School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 581 students. The school is part of the Oakwood CUSD 76 school district, which is ranked 655 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Oakwood Grade School's academic performance is significantly below the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels. The school's percentage of students proficient or better ranges from 7.4% to 35.7% in ELA and 7.2% to 20.3% in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 30.6% to 49.9% and 24.8% to 33.8%, respectively. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% is much higher than the state average.
The school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 46.82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the higher-than-average spending per student and a relatively low student-teacher ratio, the school's academic performance remains consistently low. This suggests that the school and district may need to re-evaluate their resource allocation and implement targeted interventions to address the factors contributing to the school's underperformance and high chronic absenteeism.
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