Summary:
The 60714 zip code area is home to 5 schools, including 3 elementary schools and 2 middle schools, spanning across 3 different school districts: East Maine School District 63, Park Ridge CCSD 64, and Niles Education Service District 71. The data reveals a significant disparity in academic performance, with Emerson Middle School and Clarence E Culver School consistently outperforming the state and district averages, while the other schools, particularly those in East Maine School District 63, struggle to meet those benchmarks.
Emerson Middle School stands out as the highest-performing school, ranking 137th out of 1,363 Illinois middle schools and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school significantly outperforms the state and district averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels, and it has a low chronic absenteeism rate of 8.1%. Clarence E Culver School also performs well, particularly in 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts, with proficiency rates of 78% and 70% respectively, significantly higher than the state and district.
The data suggests a potential correlation between per-student spending and academic performance, with Emerson Middle School and Clarence E Culver School having the second-highest and highest per-student spending, respectively, among the schools in the data set. Additionally, the schools with lower chronic absenteeism rates, such as Emerson Middle School and Clarence E Culver School, tend to have higher academic performance, highlighting the importance of addressing chronic absenteeism to improve student outcomes.
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