Summary:
Astoria, Illinois, has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Astoria Elementary School (PK–5), Astoria Junior High School (grades 6–8), and Astoria High School (grades 9–12); together, they enroll 277 students. The most important area-wide finding is that both schools with all-grades IAR results scored below the state in ELA and math in 2025–2026, and their average state gaps widened from the prior year by about 5 points in each subject.
Astoria Junior High School stands out in ELA: its 49% proficiency was 15 points above Astoria Elementary School’s 34%, though both were below the 56% state result. In math, the order reverses: Elementary scored 28%, 6 points above Junior High’s 22%; both were below the 40% state result. Astoria High School reports a 100% graduation rate, versus 90% statewide, and grade-11 ACT ELA proficiency of 50.0%, nearly matching the state’s 49.9%. Its ACT science result was 42%, 6 points below the state, while chronic absenteeism was 35%, compared with 24% statewide.
Trends differ by school and subject: Elementary ELA fell 15 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while Junior High ELA rose 11 points and narrowed its gap with the state. Elementary grade-5 science also fell sharply, from 92% to 46%; Junior High grade-8 science improved from 47% to 55%, ending 3 points above the state. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings place High School at the 49th percentile and Elementary at the 26th; High School’s ranking rose 21 percentile points from 2023–2024, while Elementary’s fell 21. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 11.9 at Elementary, 7.6 at Junior High, and 7.3 at High School; free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 61%, 50%, and 44%, respectively. These figures provide context, not an explanation for results; schools serve different grade spans, so direct comparisons have limits.
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