DeSoto Cons School District 86

DeSoto Cons School District 86 in Illinois contains a single school, DeSoto Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The school's performance on standardized tests, such as the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) and the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA), is generally below the district and state averages across various grade levels and subject areas.

In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of DeSoto Elementary School students proficient or better in IAR/English Language Arts was 36.3%, compared to the state average of 53.1%. In mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 17.7%, significantly lower than the state average of 38.5%. The school's performance on science assessments was also below the state average, with 35% of 5th-grade students and 27.3% of 8th-grade students scoring proficient or better. Additionally, the school had a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% in the 2024-2025 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Demographic and socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's academic challenges. In the 2023-2024 school year, 68.23% of DeSoto Elementary School students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $20,023, which is higher than the state average. Despite these challenges, the school's student-teacher ratio of 10.6 is lower than the state average, suggesting that the school may have the resources to provide more individualized attention to its students.