Summary:
Cowden-Herrick CUSD 3A is a small school district in Illinois that serves a single high school, Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High School, which enrolls 165 students in grades 6-12. The school has a relatively high free and reduced-price lunch rate of 68.48%, indicating a significant portion of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Academically, Cowden-Herrick Junior/Senior High School has shown mixed performance compared to state averages. While the school has a strong 95.5% four-year graduation rate, it also has a concerning 4.3% dropout rate. On standardized tests, the school outperformed the state average in SAT Mathematics, IAR English Language Arts, and ISA Science, but underperformed in SAT English Language Arts and IAR Mathematics. The school's small student-teacher ratio of 8.6 to 1 suggests it may provide more individualized attention, which could be contributing to its academic successes.
One notable finding is the school's significant improvement in academic performance from the 2022-2023 school year to the 2023-2024 school year, particularly in SAT Mathematics and SAT English Language Arts. However, the school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 33.9% may be a contributing factor to its academic challenges in certain subject areas. Overall, Cowden-Herrick CUSD 3A appears to be making progress in improving educational outcomes for its students, but still faces some equity and attendance-related hurdles to overcome.
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