Summary:
The Summit Hill School District 161 in Illinois is home to two high-performing middle schools: Summit Hill Junior High School and Walker Intermediate School. Both schools have consistently ranked in the top 15% of Illinois middle schools, with Summit Hill Junior High School maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years.
Academically, Summit Hill Junior High School outperforms the state average in all subject areas, with 64.2% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 51% proficient or better in Mathematics. Walker Intermediate School also performs well, with 54.2% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 32.1% in Mathematics, though slightly lower than the district average. Both schools have relatively low rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, indicating a relatively affluent student population.
The data suggests that the Summit Hill School District 161 as a whole is a high-performing district, with both of its middle schools ranking in the top 15% of Illinois middle schools and the district being rated 5 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. The similar per-student spending and student-teacher ratios between the two schools also suggest that the district is allocating resources equitably across its middle schools. While the schools perform well overall, there is room for improvement in areas like Walker Intermediate School's mathematics proficiency rates.
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