Summary:
Mendota Township HSD 280 is a small school district in Illinois that serves the community of Mendota Township. The district has only one high school, Mendota Township High School, which serves grades 9-12. While the school has a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio, its academic performance has been consistently below the state average in key areas like SAT Mathematics, SAT English Language Arts, and ISA Science.
Mendota Township High School has a statewide ranking that has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 296 out of 699 Illinois high schools in 2022-2023 to 422 out of 699 in 2021-2022. The school's performance rating by SchoolDigger is 2 out of 5 stars, indicating below-average performance compared to other Illinois high schools. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate of 84.4% is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.8% is slightly higher than the state average.
The school also faces challenges related to socioeconomic factors, with a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 51.52%, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. While the school's per-student spending is higher than the state average, the combination of lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates suggests that there may be opportunities for improvement through targeted interventions and support programs to better serve the needs of the school's diverse student population.
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