Summary:
There is only one middle school located in the Cahokia CUSD 187 school district in Illinois: Wirth/Parks Middle School. This school serves grades 6-8 and has an enrollment of 617 students.
Wirth/Parks Middle School is performing significantly below state averages across all academic measures, with proficiency rates that are a fraction of the statewide levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 7.8% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide, and only 0.5-1.1% were proficient or better in Math, compared to 24.8-28.7% statewide. The school's 0-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking of 1349 out of 1363 Illinois middle schools reflect its poor performance.
Despite the school's high per-student spending of $20,140 and relatively low student-teacher ratio of 15.6, the academic outcomes at Wirth/Parks Middle School remain very poor. The school also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 58.4%, indicating that a majority of students are missing a significant amount of instructional time. Addressing the root causes of the school's struggles will likely require a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach involving the school, district, and community stakeholders.
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