Summary:
Valmeyer CUSD 3 is a small school district in Illinois that serves the community of Valmeyer. The district has only one elementary school, Valmeyer Elementary School, which educates students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade with a total enrollment of 151 students.
Valmeyer Elementary School is ranked 1075 out of 2067 Illinois elementary schools and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in English Language Arts (29.2%) and Math (20.8%), is significantly below the state averages of 41.2% and 28.4%, respectively. However, the school's science proficiency rate of 60.9% is higher than the state average of 53.2%, indicating a stronger emphasis on science education. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 11.3% is slightly higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to the lower academic performance.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.3 and higher per-student spending of $13,131, the data suggests that Valmeyer Elementary School is facing challenges in improving student learning and achievement. The district and school leadership should closely examine the factors contributing to these performance gaps and develop targeted strategies to address the specific needs of the students, including considering the impact of the school's 28.48% free/reduced lunch rate, which suggests a significant portion of the student population comes from lower-income households.
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