Summary:
The city of Rochester, Illinois is home to two middle schools serving grades 5-8: Rochester Intermediate School and Rochester Junior High School. These schools, part of the Rochester CUSD 3A district, have some notable differences in their academic performance and school characteristics.
Rochester Junior High School outperforms Rochester Intermediate School in statewide rankings, placing 564 out of 1,367 Illinois middle schools, while Rochester Intermediate does not have a reported ranking. However, Rochester Intermediate shines in 4th and 5th grade math proficiency, with 38.2% of students scoring proficient or better, compared to the state average of 27.7%. Conversely, Rochester Junior High excels in English Language Arts, with 38.1% and 39.7% of 7th and 8th graders, respectively, scoring proficient or better, versus the state averages of 37.9% and 40.5%.
Both schools have a predominantly white student population, with Rochester Intermediate at 89.41% and Rochester Junior High at 89.97% white students. Chronic absenteeism rates are slightly higher than the state average for both schools, at 8.3% and 8.4%, respectively. Spending per student is higher at Rochester Intermediate ($11,530) compared to Rochester Junior High ($10,629), but the student-teacher ratio is lower at the intermediate school, suggesting more resources are allocated to smaller class sizes.
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