Summary:
The Farmington Central CUSD 265 school district in Illinois has only one high school, Farmington Central High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and performance rating over the past few years, dropping from 239th out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2021-2022 to 442nd out of 697 in 2023-2024, and its performance rating has decreased from 3 stars out of 5 to 2 stars out of 5.
Farmington Central High School's academic achievement is also a concern, with proficiency rates in SAT Mathematics (14.3%), SAT English Language Arts (15.4%), and ISA Science (37.6%) well below the state averages of 26.1%, 31.1%, and 53.2%, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate of 72.5% is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 4.5% is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 26.2% is significantly higher than the state average.
Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $13,240, which is slightly higher than the state average, and a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.8, the school is still underperforming compared to the state averages. This suggests that the school district and school leadership may need to closely examine their resource allocation and develop targeted strategies to address the identified challenges and improve the overall quality of education for the students.
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