Summary:
The 61616 zip code in Illinois is home to two schools: Peoria Heights Grade School, an elementary school, and Peoria Heights High School. Both schools face significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance and high rates of chronic absenteeism.
Peoria Heights Grade School has a high percentage of students (92.12%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-need student population. The school's test scores are significantly below the state averages, with only 23.9% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 9.1% in Mathematics. In contrast, Peoria Heights High School has a more moderate percentage (53.37%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, but its test scores are also significantly below the state averages, with only 13.2% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 3.8% in Mathematics.
Both schools have high chronic absenteeism rates, with Peoria Heights Grade School at 27.8% and Peoria Heights High School at 39.0%. The high school, however, has a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 82.1% and a low dropout rate of 3.0%. The schools are part of the Peoria Heights CUSD 325 district, which is ranked 744 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
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