Summary:
Bureau Valley North is an elementary school located in Walnut, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 192 students. It is part of the Bureau Valley CUSD 340 district, which is ranked 249 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Bureau Valley North has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking over the years, moving from a 2-star rating in 2016-2017 to a 3-star rating in recent years. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates in ELA (46.2%) and Math (35.4%) are higher than the state averages (41.2% and 28.4%, respectively). The school's performance is particularly strong in 4th grade ELA, where 59% of students are proficient or better, compared to the state average of 37.8%. However, the school's performance for male students and white students is relatively lower, ranking in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools. Additionally, Bureau Valley North has seen a significant decrease in chronic absenteeism, from 20.7% in 2021-2022 to 6.9% in 2023-2024, which is lower than the state average.
Compared to nearby schools, Bureau Valley Elemntry-Wyanet performs worse than Bureau Valley North in terms of student proficiency rates, chronic absenteeism, and spending per student. However, Montmorency CCSD #145 outperforms Bureau Valley North in these areas. Despite having a relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, Bureau Valley North's performance for low-income students is relatively strong, ranking in the top 596 out of 1,793 Illinois elementary schools in 2023-2024. The school's performance for special education students is an area of concern, ranking in the bottom 1,029 out of 1,194 Illinois elementary schools in 2018-2019.
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Detail:
Public PK, KG-5
District:
Bureau Valley CUSD 340
SchoolDigger Rank:
627th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,485
Students who attend Bureau Valley North usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 10.1
Number of students: 192
Racial breakdown:
White:
88.5%
Hispanic:
6.8%
Two or more races:
4.7%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50%
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