Summary:
Waltonville, Illinois, has two schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Waltonville Grade School (PK–8) and Waltonville High School (grades 9–12), with 310 students combined. The clearest strength in the area is the grade school’s English language arts (ELA) result: in 2025–2026, 68% were proficient across grades, compared with 56% statewide—a lead of 11 percentage points.
Waltonville Grade School stands out overall: its 2025–2026 SchoolDigger ranking is at the 86th percentile, with 4 stars. Its fifth-grade science result was 83%, 36 points above the state, and fifth-grade math was 67%, 31 points above. Its all-grades math result is a weaker spot, at 36% versus 40% statewide, or 3 points below. Waltonville High School is at the 35th percentile with 2 stars in SchoolDigger’s ranking. Its grade 11 ACT ELA and science results were 41% and 38%, respectively—9 and 10 points below state rates. However, its graduation rate was 96%, 6 points above the state, and chronic absenteeism was 11% versus 24% statewide.
Recent changes also differ by school and subject. The grade school’s all-grades ELA rose 12 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the state rose 3; its math rose 7 points, narrowing its state gap from 10 points to 3. Fifth-grade science rose 42 points and eighth-grade science rose 30. At the high school, grade 11 ACT ELA fell 28 points and science fell 13, while grade 9 PreACT science improved 4 points and its gap to the state narrowed from 8 points to 1. As context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 51% of grade-school enrollment and 47% of high-school enrollment; student-teacher ratios were 11.9 and 10.8, respectively. These figures describe different school contexts but do not explain the results.
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