Summary:
The two elementary campuses in Herrin CUSD 4 serve different grade spans: Herrin C U S D 4 Elementary School serves grades 2–5, and North Side Primary Center serves pre-K–1. Only Herrin Elementary has test results in the supplied data, so the campuses cannot be compared academically. In 2025–26, Herrin Elementary’s clearest strength was mathematics: 49% of students were proficient, about 9 percentage points above the state; its ELA result was 57%, about 1 point above the state.
Within Herrin Elementary, grade 4 stands out, while grade 5 is the weakest relative to state results. Fourth graders were 10 points above the state in ELA (66% versus 56%) and 14 points above in mathematics (56% versus 42%). Fifth graders were 3 points below the state in ELA (52% versus 55%); in mathematics, both results round to 36%, with the school 1 point below. Chronic absenteeism also favors Herrin Elementary: its rate was 9%, compared with 16% at North Side, 15% districtwide, and 24% statewide. North Side was below the state rate but about 1 point above the district rate.
Herrin Elementary’s IAR results fell year over year: ELA declined from 61% to 57%, and mathematics from 55% to 49%. Its mathematics advantage over the state narrowed from 17 points to 9. Fifth-grade science improved from 45% to 49%, but the school’s lead over the state narrowed from 4 points to 2. SchoolDigger placed Herrin Elementary at the 53rd percentile in 2025–26, down from the 73rd percentile in 2024–25; ranking pools differed in size. For context, in 2024–25 the schools’ student-teacher ratios were 13.6 at Herrin and 11.9 at North Side. Both reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: 68% at Herrin and 70% at North Side, a 2-point difference.
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