Summary:
The 61523 zip code area is home to 4 schools serving grades K-12, all part of the Il Valley Central Unified School District 321. The district as a whole is ranked 250 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and is rated 3 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.
Two schools stand out in the area - Chillicothe Junior High and Il Valley Central High School. Chillicothe Junior High has consistently ranked in the top 25% of Illinois middle schools, earning a 4-star rating, with particularly strong performance in English Language Arts. Il Valley Central High School also maintains a 4-star rating and ranks in the top 30% of Illinois high schools, with a high 4-year graduation rate of 88.4% and a low dropout rate of 2.1%.
The two elementary schools in the area show more variation in performance. South Elementary School has higher than average proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, while Chillicothe Elementary Center lags behind the district and state in both subjects. The schools also have relatively high rates of free/reduced lunch recipients, ranging from 40.03% to 53.88%, indicating the need to consider the impact of socioeconomic factors on student achievement.
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