Best Public Schools in Zip Code 61256


Summary:

The 61256 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Hampton Elementary School, which serves grades K-8 and has a total enrollment of 239 students. The school is part of the Hampton School District 29, which is ranked 412 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and is rated 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Hampton Elementary School's academic performance has been mixed compared to state averages. While the school performs better than the state in some grade levels, such as 8th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) where it exceeds the state average by a significant margin, it lags behind in other areas. The school's proficiency rates in ELA and Mathematics are generally lower than the state averages, with some exceptions in 7th and 8th-grade Mathematics. In Science, the school's proficiency rate is slightly lower than the state average.

Other key insights about Hampton Elementary School include a chronic absenteeism rate of 12%, which is higher than the state average, and a relatively high percentage of students (35.56%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a population with a relatively high level of economic need. The school's per-student spending of $11,266 is higher than the state average, and it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.1, which could suggest a focus on smaller class sizes and more individualized attention.








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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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