Best Public Schools in Zip Code 60949

Summary:

The zip code 60949 contains a single public elementary school, Ludlow Elementary School, which serves grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 61 students. The school faces significant challenges, including low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a student population with significant socioeconomic disadvantages.

Ludlow Elementary School's academic performance is a major concern, with proficiency rates in 8th grade ELA, Math, and Science all at just 10%, far below the state averages of 40.5%, 25.7%, and 52%, respectively. The school also has an alarmingly high chronic absenteeism rate of 55.2%, indicating that a majority of students are missing a substantial amount of instructional time. Additionally, 81.97% of Ludlow Elementary students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting the school serves a population facing significant socioeconomic challenges.

Despite the school's high per-student spending of $20,582, which is significantly higher than the state average, and its small class sizes with a student-teacher ratio of 7.5 to 1, Ludlow Elementary School is struggling to provide a quality education for its students. The combination of academic underperformance, high absenteeism, and socioeconomic disadvantages highlights the need for targeted interventions and support to address the root causes of these issues and improve outcomes for the students of Ludlow Elementary School.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ludlow Elementary School	Public	K-8	245 S Orange St	Ludlow	60949	Champaign County	Ludlow CCSD 142	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	(217) 396-5261	61	8	7.5	82.0%	29 (47.5%)	1 (1.6%)	27 (44.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.6%)								(n/a)	94.1	94.1	94.1	94.1	94.1	94.1	94.1	31.4	$30,020	$6,705	$23,314

Cities Near Zip Code 60949

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ludlow	0.22 mi	1	796^th
Rantoul	4.88 mi	8	773^rd
Paxton	4.92 mi	4	382^nd
Gifford	7.96 mi	1	422^nd
Thomasboro	10.67 mi	2	621^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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