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Johns Hill Magnet School

Public Grades K-8
1838th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 11% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Johns Hill Magnet School is an elementary school serving grades K-8 in Decatur, Illinois, with 623 students. The school is part of the Decatur School District 61, which is ranked 806 out of 811 school districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Johns Hill Magnet School has consistently underperformed the state and district averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 20.4% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 53.1% statewide and 16.6% in the Decatur School District. In Mathematics, only 12.6% of students were proficient or better, compared to 38.5% statewide and 7.2% in the district. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities. Additionally, Johns Hill Magnet School has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.4% to 46.1% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

When comparing Johns Hill Magnet School to other nearby schools in the Decatur School District, it becomes clear that the school is underperforming its peers. For example, Montessori Academy for Peace, which is located in the same building, outperforms Johns Hill Magnet School in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. Other nearby schools, such as American Dreamer STEM Academy, Robertson Charter School, and Hope Academy, also demonstrate higher academic performance than Johns Hill Magnet School, despite serving similar student populations.

627
Students ?
15.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,151
Per pupil spending ?
79.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1025 E Johns Ave
       Decatur, IL  62521-2741

(217) 362-3350

District: Decatur School District 61

Racial breakdown:

African American:
39.6%
Hispanic:
30.3%
White:
15.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 61st percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (19% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 50 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg15%
Illinois avg44%
Elementary school
1,838th of 2,056
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 11%▼ down 50 pts since 2015
From top 39% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,201st of 1,368
Illinois public middle schools ?
Bottom 12%▼ down 61 pts since 2015
From top 26% (2015) to bottom 12% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Illinois Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 11Elementary Schools in the Decatur School District 61
806th of 811Decatur School District 61 among Illinois districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202513.31838 of 205610.6%★☆☆☆☆
202415.61825 of 206711.7%★☆☆☆☆
202318.81720 of 207717.2%★☆☆☆☆
202220.01667 of 208219.9%★☆☆☆☆
202126.21381 of 194829.1%★☆☆☆☆
201938.11238 of 208640.7%★★☆☆☆
201837.71236 of 203739.3%★★☆☆☆
201739.41183 of 204442.1%★★☆☆☆
201638.81201 of 204641.3%★★☆☆☆
201555.1800 of 205261.0%★★★☆☆
201474.8517 of 209375.3%★★★★☆
201364.9809 of 216762.7%★★★☆☆
201250.71284 of 216640.7%★★☆☆☆
201160.21035 of 214751.8%★★★☆☆
201055.61154 of 213946.0%★★☆☆☆
200955.61135 of 212046.5%★★☆☆☆
200860.71018 of 209251.3%★★★☆☆
200748.01358 of 209535.2%★★☆☆☆
200661.7999 of 208652.1%★★★☆☆
200555.61106 of 202245.3%★★☆☆☆
200469.6704 of 203065.3%★★★☆☆
200365.9838 of 202058.5%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202530.4510 of 68825.9%★☆☆☆☆
202436.6408 of 65537.7%★★☆☆☆
202340.0379 of 69245.2%★★☆☆☆
202235.7417 of 68439.0%★★☆☆☆
202145.5172 of 42859.8%★★★☆☆
201946.1324 of 71154.4%★★★☆☆
201842.1346 of 69850.4%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202521.9894 of 104914.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.4712 of 7889.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202426.0715 of 82613.4%★☆☆☆☆
202335.3535 of 78832.1%★★☆☆☆
202223.6724 of 7685.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202136.7342 of 53736.3%★★☆☆☆
201934.1543 of 74326.9%★☆☆☆☆
201836.3477 of 71833.6%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202511.91797 of 19427.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.11862 of 19424.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.51657 of 195715.3%★☆☆☆☆
202222.51523 of 197022.7%★☆☆☆☆
202125.01247 of 168025.8%★☆☆☆☆
201953.1887 of 201956.1%★★★☆☆
201846.41002 of 196449.0%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202511.9953 of 9823.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.6897 of 9596.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.5910 of 9706.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.9944 of 9541.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.6900 of 9555.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.6904 of 9383.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.51651 of 18008.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.51669 of 17936.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.01536 of 180815.0%★☆☆☆☆
202219.01617 of 17638.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.61224 of 151419.2%★☆☆☆☆
201938.51149 of 181636.7%★★☆☆☆
201823.61491 of 176515.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202515.81676 of 194713.9%★☆☆☆☆
202421.11554 of 195920.7%★☆☆☆☆
202321.21560 of 198421.4%★☆☆☆☆
202219.61614 of 197718.4%★☆☆☆☆
202125.21257 of 170726.4%★☆☆☆☆
201924.71541 of 201923.7%★☆☆☆☆
201831.61343 of 197231.9%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202223.969 of 9527.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202524.21008 of 129222.0%★☆☆☆☆
202419.51081 of 11959.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202328.3832 of 115628.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202512.01295 of 13896.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.91359 of 13922.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.51345 of 14195.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.41268 of 142511.0%★☆☆☆☆
202141.8745 of 130843.0%★★☆☆☆
201950.2736 of 146249.7%★★☆☆☆
201855.7621 of 146357.6%★★★☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202515.81201 of 136812.2%★☆☆☆☆
202415.41221 of 136310.4%★☆☆☆☆
202321.61083 of 136720.8%★☆☆☆☆
202220.91086 of 136920.7%★☆☆☆☆
202121.9989 of 124120.3%★☆☆☆☆
201937.8793 of 135641.5%★★☆☆☆
201847.0642 of 129350.3%★★★☆☆
201733.3845 of 129334.6%★★☆☆☆
201650.0595 of 129454.0%★★★☆☆
201566.5344 of 130273.6%★★★★☆
201465.9428 of 132267.6%★★★☆☆
201357.4585 of 136757.2%★★★☆☆
201254.1727 of 136546.7%★★☆☆☆
201164.1549 of 134459.2%★★★☆☆
201060.7601 of 132754.7%★★★☆☆
200965.2520 of 131860.5%★★★☆☆
200864.1549 of 129357.5%★★★☆☆
200770.1390 of 128769.7%★★★☆☆
200675.5291 of 127277.1%★★★★☆
200575.4312 of 120974.2%★★★★☆
200475.3310 of 120474.3%★★★★☆
200364.9457 of 118561.4%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202532.8397 of 57430.8%★★☆☆☆
202425.8441 of 54819.5%★☆☆☆☆
202337.5333 of 56941.5%★★☆☆☆
202234.0379 of 57333.9%★★☆☆☆
202138.8213 of 38544.7%★★☆☆☆
201930.6423 of 56525.1%★☆☆☆☆
201849.8195 of 51161.8%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202519.2463 of 4834.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.9463 of 4864.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.8475 of 4801.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.8446 of 4541.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.71066 of 124814.6%★☆☆☆☆
202414.41139 of 12519.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202330.1858 of 127532.7%★★☆☆☆
202225.4945 of 128626.5%★☆☆☆☆
202126.3748 of 101726.5%★☆☆☆☆
201948.9615 of 127651.8%★★★☆☆
201854.4520 of 122657.6%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20259.2662 of 6691.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.2622 of 6433.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.2659 of 6610.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.4658 of 6620.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.7582 of 6398.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.4515 of 59012.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.11108 of 12299.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.11203 of 12191.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.11129 of 12348.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.21084 of 122111.2%★☆☆☆☆
202119.4927 of 10199.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201934.6814 of 121733.1%★★☆☆☆
201829.4864 of 116125.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.81110 of 127112.7%★☆☆☆☆
202417.31094 of 126413.4%★☆☆☆☆
202317.41120 of 129213.3%★☆☆☆☆
202219.51057 of 128617.8%★☆☆☆☆
202117.3929 of 104811.4%★☆☆☆☆
201923.5999 of 129622.9%★☆☆☆☆
201835.9742 of 122339.3%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202512.2184 of 2049.8%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202524.2633 of 81222.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.9770 of 88412.9%★☆☆☆☆
202410.6823 of 8755.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202328.8662 of 89526.0%★☆☆☆☆
202221.7744 of 89817.1%★☆☆☆☆
202130.2567 of 81330.3%★★☆☆☆
201944.1514 of 90543.2%★★☆☆☆
201852.7397 of 88955.3%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Multi-racial (2022)27th percentile+7 vs school
African American (2025)26th percentile+15 vs school
Special Education (2025)22nd percentile+11 vs school
Disabled (2025)15th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2025)14th percentile+3 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)10th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school
Female (2025)7th percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)7th percentile-4 vs school
Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile-8 vs school
Middle school
African American (2025)31st percentile+19 vs school
Special Education (2025)22nd percentile+10 vs school
Female (2025)15th percentile~ school
White (2025)13th percentile~ school
Male (2025)13th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2025)10th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)4th percentile-8 vs school
Hispanic (2025)1st percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?
Science21%-22 vs state
English Language Arts20%-33 vs state
Mathematics13%-26 vs state

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Students at Johns Hill Magnet School are 40% African American, 30% Hispanic, 15% White, 11% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Johns Hill Magnet School ranks in the bottom 10.6% of Illinois elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 627 students attended Johns Hill Magnet School.


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