Best Public Schools in Pocahontas, IL


Summary:

Pocahontas, Illinois is home to a single elementary school, Pocahontas Center, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 214 students. The school is part of the Bond County CUSD 2 district, which is ranked 260 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pocahontas Center appears to be a standout school in the area, consistently outperforming the district and state averages in academic proficiency. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's overall proficiency rates were 61.5% in English Language Arts and 33.3% in Math, compared to 51.2% and 28.6% for the district, and 41.2% and 28.4% for the state. Pocahontas Center also excels in science, with 66.7% of students proficient or better on the Illinois Science Assessment, compared to 55.9% for the district and 53.2% for the state.

While Pocahontas Center has a relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 59.81% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school has shown improvement in its academic performance over the past few years, regaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger in 2023-2024. The school's higher-than-average spending per student ($14,795) and low student-teacher ratio (12.9 to 1) may be contributing factors to its academic success, though the school's higher chronic absenteeism rate (17.2%) is a potential area of concern.








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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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