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Coulterville Junior High School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Coulterville, Illinois, with a total enrollment of 60 students. The school is part of the Coulterville Unified School District 1, which is ranked 557 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Coulterville Junior High School has consistently underperformed compared to the state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 39.6% of all students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%. In Mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, with only 5.9% of 6th graders, 11.8% of 7th graders, and 21.4% of 8th graders meeting or exceeding standards, compared to the state averages of 24.8%, 28.7%, and 28.1%, respectively. Additionally, the school has experienced a concerning trend of increasing chronic absenteeism rates, from 9.7% in 2019-2020 to 19.2% in 2023-2024, which is significantly higher than the state average.
When comparing Coulterville Junior High School to the nearby schools of New Athens Junior High, Trico Junior High School, and Pinckneyville Middle School, it becomes evident that Coulterville is underperforming academically. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, New Athens Junior High had 77.4% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to Coulterville's 39.6%. Similarly, Pinckneyville Middle School had 65% of students proficient or better in ELA, significantly higher than Coulterville. Additionally, the school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 76.67% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, may be a contributing factor to the academic challenges faced by the school.
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