Best Public Schools in Forsyth, IL

Forsyth, Illinois, has one listed school, Maroa-Forsyth Grade School, an elementary school serving PK–5 with 593 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades results were above state results in both English language arts (ELA) and math, and grade 5 science was also above the state. The clearest overall strength is math: 61% of students met the standard, compared with 40% statewide, a 21-point advantage.

Maroa-Forsyth Grade School stands out most in grade 4, where its results exceeded the state by 29 points in math (71% versus 42%) and 27 points in ELA (83% versus 56%). All-grades ELA was 67%, 11 points above the state, though 8 points below the 75% reported for Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2. SchoolDigger gives the school four stars and ranks it 431st of 1,737 schools, in the 75th percentile. Because this is the only listed school, there is no local school-to-school leader or trailing school.

Results improved year over year, with math making the clearest relative gain: the school’s math result rose 5 points, while the state rose 1 point, widening the school’s advantage by 3 points. ELA rose 3 points, matching the state’s increase, so its 11-point advantage stayed unchanged. Grade 5 science had the biggest shift: the school’s result rose from 38% in 2024–25, 3 points below the state, to 68% in 2025–26, 21 points above it. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 12% in 2025–26, versus 13% in the district and 24% statewide; the student-teacher ratio was 15.1:1 in 2024–25, and 34% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.