Argo CHSD 217

Argo CHSD 217 is a single-school district in Illinois, serving high school students in the Argo Community High School. While the school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating economic challenges, its academic performance is below the state average across several key metrics, including graduation rates, test scores, and chronic absenteeism.

Argo Community High School has a statewide ranking that has fluctuated between 395 and 442 out of 699 Illinois high schools over the past three school years, and it is rated 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. The school's four-year graduation rate of 85.3% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 3.1% is slightly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 24.8% is significantly higher than the state average.

Academically, Argo Community High School struggles, with only 16.6% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics and 17.2% proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 26.1% and 31.1%, respectively. Despite the Argo CHSD 217 district spending $20,139 per student, which is higher than the state average, the school's academic performance remains below par, suggesting that additional resources may not be translating into improved student outcomes.