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Kelvyn Park High School is a public high school in Chicago, Illinois, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 514 students. The school is part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, which is ranked 688 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Kelvyn Park High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with a ranking between 565 and 658 over the past several years, and has received a 0 or 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The school faces significant challenges, including low four-year graduation rates ranging from 52.7% to 71.8%, high dropout rates of 5.0% to 8.6%, and extremely high chronic absenteeism rates reaching as high as 74.5% in the 2022-2023 school year. Kelvyn Park High School's performance on standardized tests, such as the SAT and IAR, is significantly below the state and district averages across all subject areas and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 1.2% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT Mathematics and English Language Arts, compared to 26.1% and 31.1% at the state level, respectively. The school's struggles appear to be closely linked to the socioeconomic status of its student population, with 88.72% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.
Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Intrinsic Charter High School and Noble St Charter-Pritzker Col Prep, which are also part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299, generally perform better than Kelvyn Park High School across various metrics, including graduation rates, test scores, and chronic absenteeism. Addressing the root causes of Kelvyn Park High School's challenges, particularly the high chronic absenteeism rates, will likely require a comprehensive, multi-faceted approach involving the school, district, and community stakeholders.
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