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Kings Elementary School is a public K-8 school in Kings, Illinois, serving 86 students as part of the Kings Cons School District 144. While the school has consistently been ranked in the middle range of Illinois elementary schools, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, it stands out in several key areas.
Kings Elementary School outperforms the state average in several test score metrics, with 58.8% of students proficient or better in ELA and 45.1% in Math, compared to state averages of 41.2% and 28.4% respectively. The school also boasts an impressive 84.2% science proficiency rate, well above the state's 53.2%. However, the school's performance has declined over time, with its state ranking dropping from 488 out of 2,093 schools in 2013-2014 to 817 out of 2,077 schools in 2022-2023, and its star rating decreasing from 4 to 3 stars. Compared to nearby schools, Kings Elementary generally outperforms on test scores, especially in ELA and science, but its math proficiency lags behind some higher-performing schools like Creston Elementary and Eswood C C Grade School.
Another notable aspect of Kings Elementary School is its high spending per student, at $16,045 in 2022-2023, significantly more than the state average of around $13,000 per student. The school also has a very low student-teacher ratio of 7.2, much lower than the state average of around 15 students per teacher. However, the school has seen fluctuations in its chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 0% in 2018-2019 to 25.9% in 2017-2018, with the 2020-2021 rate of 3.6% being lower than the state average. The school's relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 37.21% in 2022-2023, suggests that it may need to provide additional support and resources to its student population.
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