Is Washington Dual Language Academy a good school?

Washington Dual Language Academy ranks 1119 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Washington Dual Language Academy?

In the 2022-23 school year, 363 students attended Washington Dual Language Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Washington Dual Language Academy?

Students at Washington Dual Language Academy are 58% Hispanic, 25% African American, 16% Two or more races.

Washington Dual Language Academy

Summary:

Washington Dual Language Academy is an elementary school located in Maywood, Illinois, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 363 students. The school is part of the Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 school district, which is ranked 621 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington Dual Language Academy consistently outperforms the Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 district and the state of Illinois in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 40.4%, compared to 30% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades was 18.7%, compared to 13.2% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school's performance is particularly strong in Science, with a proficiency rate of 71.7% for all grades, significantly higher than the district's 41% and the state's 53.2%. Additionally, the school excels in serving specific student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner (ELL) students, ranking in the top 100 Illinois elementary schools for these groups.

While Washington Dual Language Academy outperforms the other elementary schools in the Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 district, including Emerson Elementary, Garfield Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary, its performance lags behind the top-performing schools in the neighboring River Forest School District 90, such as Lincoln Elementary. Despite serving a higher percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, Washington Dual Language Academy's dual-language program and other educational initiatives appear to be effectively supporting student achievement.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

1111 Washington Blvd
Maywood, IL 60153-1559

(708) 450-2065

District: Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89

SchoolDigger Rank:
1119^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,265

Student/teacher ratio: 14.5

Number of students: 363

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

57.9%

African American:

24.8%

Two or more races:

16.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 53.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Washington Dual Language Academy ranks worse than 54.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 4^th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.61. (See more...)

Compare Details Washington Dual Language Academy ranks better than 56.5% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.32. (See more...)

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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washington Dual Language Academy is $20,265. 4 elementary schools in the Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 School District spend more per student.

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SchoolDigger ranks Washington Dual Language Academy 1119^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Washington Dual Language Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Washington Dual Language Academy 593^rd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Washington Dual Language Academy in the ranking list.)

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Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89:

SchoolDigger ranks Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 621^st of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	13.31	1741^st	2020	13.8%
2004	1.40	1995^th	2030	1.7%
2005	5.12	1881^st	2022	7.0%
2006	5.80	1964^th	2086	5.8%
2007	14.10	1876^th	2095	10.5%
2008	28.55	1637^th	2092	21.7%
2009	49.41	1295^th	2120	38.9%
2010	14.80	1899^th	2139	11.2%
2011	12.11	1964^th	2147	8.5%
2012	4.09	2116^th	2166	2.3%
2013	9.83	2024^th	2167	6.6%
2014	7.37	2014^th	2093	3.8%
2018	46.79	1002^nd	2037	50.8%
2019	35.64	1304^th	2086	37.5%
2022	43.46	1101^st	2082	47.1%
2023	40.17	1169^th	2077	43.7%
2024	41.61	1119^th	2067	45.9%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	66.04	137^th	718	80.9%
2022	55.70	233^rd	768	69.7%
2023	58.49	214^th	788	72.8%
2024	72.26	100^th	826	87.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	71.89	303^rd	1765	82.8%
2019	49.76	830^th	1816	54.3%
2022	59.22	571^st	1763	67.6%
2023	55.47	677^th	1808	62.6%
2024	58.21	597^th	1793	66.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.72	1222^nd	1964	37.8%
2019	22.79	1611^th	2019	20.2%
2022	39.91	1090^th	1970	44.7%
2023	34.99	1202^nd	1957	38.6%
2024	31.70	1277^th	1942	34.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.92	745^th	1972	62.2%
2019	38.50	1187^th	2019	41.2%
2022	47.10	938^th	1977	52.6%
2023	45.09	994^th	1984	49.9%
2024	51.34	852^nd	1959	56.5%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	64.32	155^th	711	78.2%
2023	71.91	96^th	692	86.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	73.91	158^th	938	83.2%
2019	41.80	535^th	955	44.0%
2022	58.68	287^th	954	69.9%
2023	57.53	312^th	970	67.8%
2024	59.40	285^th	959	70.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	54.69	516^th	1369	62.3%
2023	39.97	774^th	1367	43.4%
2024	50.32	593^rd	1363	56.5%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	53.12	139^th	480	71.0%
2024	81.19	25^th	486	94.9%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	73.67	189^th	1221	84.5%
2023	60.41	364^th	1234	70.5%
2024	65.38	300^th	1219	75.4%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	43.68	652^nd	1286	49.3%
2023	34.54	793^rd	1275	37.8%
2024	30.04	854^th	1251	31.7%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	62.86	381^st	1286	70.4%
2023	45.66	619^th	1292	52.1%
2024	70.60	301^st	1264	76.2%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	54.11	182^nd	569	68.0%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Washington Dual Language Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	65.57	156^th	662	76.4%
2023	46.80	298^th	661	54.9%
2024	59.20	204^th	643	68.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Washington Dual Language Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	2	427	n/a	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	432
1990	1	437	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	440
1991	1	438	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	440
1992	0	450	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	453
1993	1	460	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	466
1994	1	426	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	428
1995	0	399	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	402
1996	0	399	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	402
1997	0	429	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	432
1998	4	459	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	467
1999	1	448	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	453
2000	0	492	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
2001	0	471	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	477
2002	0	422	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	424
2003	0	422	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	424
2004	0	399	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	406
2005	0	387	0	15	0	n/a	n/a	2	404
2006	0	357	0	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	377
2007	0	373	0	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	408
2008	0	329	0	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	364
2009	1	323	0	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	355
2010	0	293	0	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	327
2011	0	282	0	49	0	0	3	0	334
2012	1	279	0	54	0	0	0	0	334
2013	0	282	0	66	0	0	1	0	349
2014	0	238	0	79	0	0	2	0	319
2015	0	31	0	40	1	0	1	0	73
2016	0	73	0	84	1	0	3	0	161
2017	0	85	0	123	1	0	3	0	212
2018	1	89	0	125	1	0	20	0	236
2019	3	105	1	159	1	0	39	0	308
2020	6	103	0	213	0	0	13	0	335
2021	9	101	0	179	1	0	42	0	332
2022	5	93	0	200	1	0	45	0	344
2023	3	90	0	210	1	0	59	0	363

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Washington Dual Language Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	432	23.0	18.7	n/a
1990	440	24.0	18.3	n/a
1991	440	25.0	17.6	n/a
1992	453	26.0	17.4	n/a
1993	466	24.0	19.4	n/a
1994	428	22.0	19.5	n/a
1995	402	18.0	22.3	n/a
1996	402	18.0	22.3	n/a
1997	432	22.0	19.6	n/a
1998	467	24.0	19.5	n/a
1999	453	25.0	18.1	n/a
2000	494	29.1	17.0	n/a
2001	477	26.0	18.3	n/a
2002	424	27.0	15.7	56.8
2003	424	27.0	15.7	56.8
2004	406	27.0	15.0	77.8
2005	404	27.0	15.0	71.6
2006	377	23.0	16.4	92.6
2007	408	33.0	12.4	85.8
2008	364	22.0	16.5	48.6
2009	355	28.0	12.7	78.3
2010	327	23.0	14.2	75.5
2011	334	16.0	20.8	66.5
2012	334	14.0	23.8	94.3
2013	349	15.9	21.9	96
2014	319	13.0	24.5	97.2
2015	73	6.0	12.1	76.7
2016	161	10.0	16.1	66.5
2017	212	10.0	21.2	49.1
2018	236	11.3	20.8	39
2019	308	17.0	18.1	28.6
2020	335	19.0	17.5	59.7
2021	332	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	344	25.0	13.7	63.7
2023	363	25.0	14.5	53.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Washington Dual Language Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	432	23.0	18.7	n/a
1990	440	24.0	18.3	n/a
1991	440	25.0	17.6	n/a
1992	453	26.0	17.4	n/a
1993	466	24.0	19.4	n/a
1994	428	22.0	19.5	n/a
1995	402	18.0	22.3	n/a
1996	402	18.0	22.3	n/a
1997	432	22.0	19.6	n/a
1998	467	24.0	19.5	n/a
1999	453	25.0	18.1	n/a
2000	494	29.1	17.0	n/a
2001	477	26.0	18.3	n/a
2002	424	27.0	15.7	56.8
2003	424	27.0	15.7	56.8
2004	406	27.0	15.0	77.8
2005	404	27.0	15.0	71.6
2006	377	23.0	16.4	92.6
2007	408	33.0	12.4	85.8
2008	364	22.0	16.5	48.6
2009	355	28.0	12.7	78.3
2010	327	23.0	14.2	75.5
2011	334	16.0	20.8	66.5
2012	334	14.0	23.8	94.3
2013	349	15.9	21.9	96
2014	319	13.0	24.5	97.2
2015	73	6.0	12.1	76.7
2016	161	10.0	16.1	66.5
2017	212	10.0	21.2	49.1
2018	236	11.3	20.8	39
2019	308	17.0	18.1	28.6
2020	335	19.0	17.5	59.7
2021	332	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	344	25.0	13.7	63.7
2023	363	25.0	14.5	53.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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