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Elementary Schools in Cerro Gordo CUSD 100

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DistrictCerro Gordo CUSD 100323^rd of 738 Illinois districtsFull district overview →

School

246

Students

Top rankedCerro Gordo Elementary School954^th of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Summary:

Cerro Gordo CUSD 100 has one elementary school, Cerro Gordo Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 5 with 246 students, so families have no local elementary schools to compare. The clearest strength in the latest results is fifth-grade science: 71% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, 24 percentage points above Illinois.

Cerro Gordo Elementary School also stood out in fifth-grade ELA, at 68%—13 points above the state. But results varied considerably by grade: ELA was 33% in grade 3, 14 points below Illinois, compared with 68% in grade 5; grade 4 ELA was 47%, 8 points below. Mathematics was below the state in both grades with reported scores: grade 3 was 47%, 2 points below, and grade 4 was 29%, 13 points below. The grade 5 mathematics score is suppressed by the state. Across all grades, 2025–2026 ELA was 48%, 8 points below Illinois, and math was 35%, 4 points below.

Science improved sharply from the prior year: fifth-grade proficiency rose from 38% in 2024–2025 to 71% in 2025–2026, a 34-point gain; Illinois rose 7 points, and the school shifted from 3 points below the state to 24 points above. In contrast, all-grades ELA moved from 1 point above Illinois in 2024–2025 to 8 points below in 2025–2026, while math went from matching the state to 4 points below. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rank declined from 57 in 2023–2024 to 45 in 2025–2026, and its latest rating is 2 stars. Chronic absenteeism was 10% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 11% and the state’s 24%. For context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 13 in 2024–2025, and 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)	IAR English Language Arts (2026)				IAR Mathematics (2026)				Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cerro Gordo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	209 S Monroe St	Cerro Gordo	61818	Piatt County	Cerro Gordo CUSD 100	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 763-2551	246	19	13.0	49.2%	226 (91.9%)	4 (1.6%)	10 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	43.1	954^th of 1737 public elementary schools	45.1%		53.3	938^th of 2056 public elementary schools	54.4%	16	71.4	33.3	47.4	67.9	48.0	47.2	28.9		35.3	96.8%		$14,383	$954	$13,429

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Macon/Piatt ROE	8.82 mi	5
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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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