Summary:
The Heritage High School is the sole high school serving the Heritage CUSD 8 school district in Illinois. With an enrollment of 131 students, the school faces challenges in academic performance, student engagement, and resource allocation compared to state averages.
Heritage High School's 4-year graduation rate of 79.3% is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 3.9% is slightly higher. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism at 44.0%, significantly above the state average. Academically, only 4.9% of 11th-grade students are proficient or better in Mathematics, and 19.5% are proficient or better in English Language Arts, both well below state averages.
Despite spending more per student and having a lower student-teacher ratio than the state average, the school's performance has declined, dropping from 209th out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2021-2022 to 481st out of 697 in 2023-2024. The school's demographics, with a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, suggest it may be serving a more economically disadvantaged population, which could contribute to the academic challenges. Targeted interventions and a closer examination of resource allocation may be necessary to improve outcomes at Heritage High School.
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