Summary:
Calumet Public School District 132 in Illinois has only one middle school, Calumet Elementary School, which serves students in grades 5-8. The school's performance data reveals significant challenges, with consistently low test scores across all grade levels and subject areas compared to state averages.
Calumet Elementary School's proficiency rates on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) and Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) are well below the state averages, ranging from 18.4% to 22.2% in English Language Arts and just 1.1% to 5.3% in Mathematics. The school's science proficiency rate of 23.2% is also far behind the state average of 53.2%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.6%, which is significantly higher than the state average and can negatively impact student learning and achievement.
Despite the school's higher-than-average spending of $13,840 per student and a student-teacher ratio of 22.1, the data suggests that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving educational outcomes. The high percentage of students (70.97%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch indicates that the school serves a population with significant economic challenges, which may contribute to the low academic performance. Addressing the systemic issues at Calumet Elementary School will require a comprehensive approach that goes beyond just increasing resources and focuses on improving student engagement, supporting economically disadvantaged families, and implementing targeted interventions to address the root causes of the school's underperformance.
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