Summary:
The 61362 zip code area is home to two schools - John F Kennedy Elementary School and Hall High School. Both schools face significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism rates, and student populations that come from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
John F Kennedy Elementary School serves grades PK-8 and has an enrollment of 608 students. The school has ranked in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools over the past 3 years, with very low proficiency rates in English Language Arts (22.3%) and Mathematics (10.3%) compared to state averages. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 15%, well above the state average, despite spending $13,976 per student, which is higher than the state average.
Hall High School, the only high school in the data set, serves grades 9-12 with an enrollment of 403 students. The school has a 4-year graduation rate of 84.1%, which is below the state average, and low proficiency rates in both SAT Math (15.8%) and SAT English Language Arts (15.8%) compared to state averages. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 33%, significantly higher than the elementary school, and spends $17,125 per student, which is higher than the elementary school.
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