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Lake Park Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Addison, Illinois, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade with a total enrollment of 255 students. The school is part of the Addison School District 4, which is ranked 671 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lake Park Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1115 and 1396 out of around 2,000 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state and district averages, with only 20.9% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 17.4% in Mathematics, compared to 41.2% and 28.4% statewide, respectively. However, the school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment is better, with 48.8% of students proficient or better, though still below the state average of 53.2%. The school also has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 77.25% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and a significant population of English Language Learners.
Compared to nearby schools, such as Stone Elementary School, which is also part of the Addison School District 4, Lake Park Elementary School significantly underperforms on academic measures. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 42.7% of Stone Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to only 20.9% at Lake Park. Other nearby schools, such as Army Trail Elementary and Fullerton Elementary, also outperform Lake Park Elementary on academic measures. However, Lake Park Elementary School has a lower student-teacher ratio of 9.4 in 2022-2023, compared to the nearby schools, which range from 12.6 to 14.7 students per teacher.
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