Summary:
Pennoyer School District 79 has one listed school, Pennoyer Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 in Illinois, with 419 students. Since it is the only school listed, there is no school-to-school comparison. The clearest strength is all-grades ELA: in 2025–2026, 67% of students were proficient, 11 percentage points above the state’s 56%.
Within the school, results vary by subject and grade. ELA was strongest overall, with grade 4 at 77% and grade 3 at 57%. All-grades math was near the state result: 41% compared with 40%. But that average hides a split: grade 7 was 17 points above the state, while grades 4–6 were about 9 to 10 points below. Science also differed by grade: grade 8 was 1 point above Illinois, at 53% versus 52%, while grade 5 was 4 points below, at 43% versus 48%.
Recent results improved in ELA and math, while science gains were uneven. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 12 percentage points, from 55% to 67%, and math rose 4 points, from 37% to 41%. Grade 8 science climbed 16 points, from 37% to 53%; grade 5 rose 2 points, from 41% to 43%. SchoolDigger lists a 2-star rating and a statewide rank of 925 out of 1,737 schools, at the 47th percentile; its listed percentile fell 6 points from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 as the rating changed from 3 stars to 2. For context, the school’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 12.3, and 48% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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