Summary:
Riverton CUSD 14 is a small school district in Illinois that has only one elementary school, Riverton Elementary School. The school serves grades PK-4 and has a total enrollment of 506 students.
Riverton Elementary School has struggled academically in recent years, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 1440 out of 2077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1836 out of 2082 in 2021-2022. Its current rank for the 2023-2024 school year is 1486 out of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. The school's overall performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams, is significantly below the state average. In 2023-2024, only 19.5% of Riverton Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%, and only 14.1% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 13.9% for the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite the school's low academic performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.3 and higher per-student spending of $14,088 for the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average. However, these investments do not appear to be translating into improved student outcomes. The school's high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 59.29% in the 2022-2023 school year suggests that it may be serving a disadvantaged population of students, which could be contributing to its low academic performance.
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