Summary:
The Cowden-Herrick CUSD 3A district in Illinois is home to two schools - Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High School and Cowden-Herrick Grade School. Both schools have shown strong academic performance, with the high school making significant strides in recent years.
Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High School has seen a remarkable improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 592nd out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2022-2023 to 169th out of 697 in 2023-2024. This jump in ranking, along with its 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, suggests the school has made notable progress. The high school has also shown strong performance in English Language Arts, with 72.3% of students proficient or better on the IAR assessment, compared to the state average of 41.2%. However, its mathematics performance is more mixed, with 18.5% proficiency on the IAR assessment, slightly below the state average of 28.4%.
Cowden-Herrick Grade School has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranks in the top 20% of Illinois elementary schools, indicating strong overall performance. The school has performed well in both English Language Arts (65.4% proficient or better) and Mathematics (38.5% proficient or better), outpacing the state averages. Both schools have a significant percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, highlighting the socioeconomic challenges faced by the district, but they also have relatively small class sizes, with student-teacher ratios of 8.6 and 10.5, respectively, suggesting a commitment to personalized learning and support for students.
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