Summary:
Grant CCSD 110 has two listed schools: Illini Elementary School, serving PK–4, and Grant Middle School, serving grades 5–8; no high school is included. In 2025–2026, the schools’ all-grades results show different strengths in English language arts (ELA) and math. The clearest area-wide concern is math: the two-school average was 23% proficient versus 40% statewide, a 17-point gap, compared with a 5-point ELA gap (51% versus 56%).
The schools trade strengths rather than one leading in both subjects. Grant Middle led in ELA, with 55% proficiency versus 47% at Illini, an 8-point difference; Grant was 1 point below the state, while Illini was 9 points below. Illini led in math, at 28% versus 17% at Grant, but both were below the state: by 12 points at Illini and 23 at Grant. Grade-level results add important exceptions: Illini fourth-grade ELA was 64%, 8 points above the state, while Grant eighth-grade ELA was 67%, 4 points above. Illini third-grade ELA was 28%, 20 points below the state.
ELA improved at both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: by 3 points at Illini and 4 at Grant. Math moved in opposite directions: Illini fell 6 points, while Grant rose 4. SchoolDigger ranks Illini at the 26th percentile (1 star) and Grant at the 41st percentile (2 stars) for 2025–2026. Reported student-teacher ratios are 12.1 at Illini and 9.7 at Grant; in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students accounted for 49% and 45%, respectively. These context figures are observations, not explanations for the results. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades scores are not direct like-for-like comparisons.
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