Summary:
The 62694 zip code area is home to two schools - Winchester Elementary School and Winchester High School, both part of the Winchester CUSD 1 district. While Winchester Elementary maintains a relatively strong performance, Winchester High School is facing declining academic outcomes and high chronic absenteeism rates.
Winchester Elementary School has a relatively large enrollment of 411 students and is consistently ranked in the top half of Illinois elementary schools, though its ranking has fluctuated in recent years. The school performs well in 4th grade English Language Arts, with proficiency rates exceeding the state average, but struggles in mathematics, with proficiency rates well below the state average across all grade levels. Winchester High School, on the other hand, has a smaller enrollment of 165 students and has seen its statewide ranking drop from 316 to 489 over the past 3 years, accompanied by low proficiency rates in both SAT Mathematics and English Language Arts.
Both schools face challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, significantly above the state average, which could be a contributing factor to their academic struggles. Additionally, the high rates of free/reduced lunch recipients at both schools indicate that they serve a population with significant economic challenges, which may impact academic performance and resource allocation. The per-student spending at Winchester Elementary School is also notably higher than at Winchester High School, which could be a factor in the observed performance differences between the two schools.
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