Summary:
East Dubuque Unified School District 119 in Illinois contains a single high school, East Dubuque High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school's performance is generally average compared to other high schools in the state, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 246 out of 697 Illinois high schools for the 2023-2024 school year.
East Dubuque High School has a 86.8% four-year graduation rate, which is slightly below the state average, and a 6.3% dropout rate, which is higher than the state average. The school also struggles with a 24.9% chronic absenteeism rate, significantly higher than the state average. Academically, the school's performance on standardized tests, such as the SAT and ISA, is below the state average in both mathematics and English language arts, with only 22.2% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics compared to the state average of 26.1%.
While the school's student-teacher ratio of 9.7 is lower than the state average, the district's spending per student of $14,192 is slightly higher than the state average. The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 38%, suggests that the school may be serving a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which could be a contributing factor to its academic performance. Overall, East Dubuque Unified School District 119 appears to be facing some challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students, and further investigation into the root causes and targeted interventions could help improve the district's outcomes over time.
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