Summary:
The Lincoln Education Service District 156 in Illinois contains only one school, Lincoln Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 772 students. The school faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges, with consistently low performance across various assessments and high rates of poverty and chronic absenteeism.
Lincoln Elementary School's academic performance is generally below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 11.6% to 50.6%, compared to the state averages of 28.8% to 40.5%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 3.2% to 13.8%, significantly lower than the state averages of 25.6% to 33%. The school's performance in Science assessments was also below the state average, with 25.8% proficiency in grade 5 and 37.3% in grade 8, compared to the state averages of 52.4% and 52%, respectively.
The high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (98.96%) at Lincoln Elementary School suggests that the student population faces significant socioeconomic challenges, which may contribute to the school's academic struggles. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 35.1%, which likely impacts student learning and academic outcomes. These findings indicate that Lincoln Elementary School may require targeted interventions, additional resources, and comprehensive support to address the underlying issues and improve the educational outcomes for its students.
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