Summary:
Marissa Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-6 in Marissa, Illinois, with 275 students. The school is part of the Marissa CUSD 40 district, which is ranked 644 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Marissa Elementary School consistently underperforms compared to the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 27.4% of Marissa students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 24.8%, while the state average was 28.4%. Additionally, Marissa Elementary School has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.7% in 2019-2020 to 23.6% in 2023-2024, which is much higher than the state average. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with white students ranking in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools.
When comparing Marissa Elementary School to nearby schools, it becomes clear that the school is underperforming. For example, Okawville Grade School, which is 16.55 miles away, outperforms Marissa Elementary in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency, with 54.5% and 47.6% proficiency rates, respectively, in 2023-2024. Similarly, Smithton Elementary School, 16.83 miles away, has significantly higher proficiency rates in both subjects. Despite the increased spending per student at Marissa Elementary School, from $10,531 in 2019-2020 to $14,269 in 2022-2023, the school has not seen a corresponding improvement in academic outcomes, raising questions about the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation.
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Detail:
Public PK, KG-6
District:
Marissa CUSD 40
SchoolDigger Rank:
1114th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,386
Students who attend Marissa Elementary School usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 11.3
Number of students: 275
Racial breakdown:
White:
89.8%
Hispanic:
5.1%
African American:
2.5%
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Two or more races:
1.8%
Asian:
0.7%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 53.5%
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