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Schools in Malta, IL

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293

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Top rankedMalta Elementary School1703^rd of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools

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Summary:

The city of Malta, Illinois has only one public school, Malta Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. The school is part of the DeKalb CUSD 428 district.

Malta Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with only 25.6% of students proficient or better in ELA and 17.9% proficient or better in Math on the 2024-2025 IAR assessments, significantly below state averages. The school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate on the ISA assessment is also low, at 16.7% in 2024-2025. These academic performance metrics suggest that Malta Elementary School is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students.

Demographic and socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's underperformance, with a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (68.29% in 2023-2024) and a high chronic absenteeism rate (25.4% in 2024-2025). Despite the relatively high per-student spending ($19,906 in 2023-2024) and low student-teacher ratio (15:1), the school's academic performance remains poor, raising questions about the effectiveness of the school's resource allocation and the need to explore other factors that may be impacting student learning.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISA Science (2025)	IAR English Language Arts (2025)				IAR Mathematics (2025)				% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
KEC Central EFE 170	Public	7-12	21255 Malta Rd	Malta	60150	DeKalb County	De Kalb ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 825-2000	0	19	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
KEC Area Vocational Center	Public	11-12	21255 Malta Rd	Malta	60150	DeKalb County	De Kalb ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(815) 825-2000	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Malta Elementary School	Public	K-5	5068 IL Route 38	Malta	60150	DeKalb County	DeKalb CUSD 428	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(815) 754-2970	293	20	14.7	65.9%	108 (36.9%)	112 (38.2%)	53 (18.1%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	18.6	1703^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	17.2%		28.3	1457^th of 2067 public elementary schools	29.5%	246	16.7	36.2	23.6	18.5	25.6	40.4	12.7	3.7	17.9	97.9	97.9	97.9	97.9	98.6	97.2	97.9	$19,786	$1,964	$17,822

Cities Near Malta

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Dekalb	4.76 mi	11	752^nd
Creston	5.6 mi	1	146^th
Sycamore	8.79 mi	7	263^rd
Cortland	9.45 mi	1	744^th
Steward	10.12 mi	1	15^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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