Summary:
The Cobden SUD 17 district in Illinois has only one elementary school, Cobden Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 211 students. While the school's performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics is below the state average, it outperforms the state in Science on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA).
Cobden Elementary School's statewide school rank has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 824 out of 2,077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1,092 out of 2,082 in 2021-2022. Its current rank for 2023-2024 is 1,050 out of 2,067 Illinois elementary schools. However, the school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 12.2% for the 2023-2024 school year, which may be contributing to its academic performance challenges.
Despite the school's below-average performance in ELA and Math, it has a high percentage of students (71.09%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's per-student spending of $14,627 for the 2022-2023 school year is higher than the state average, and it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10:1, suggesting that the district is investing resources into the school, but these inputs have not yet translated into consistently strong academic outcomes.
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