Summary:
Richland Elementary School is the only school listed in Richland GSD 88A; it serves prekindergarten through grade 8 and has 774 students. Because this is a one-school list, local school-to-school comparisons are not possible. The clearest takeaway is that Richland’s latest all-grades results are above Illinois results in both ELA and math.
There is no separate local top or bottom school, but results vary by subject and grade. In 2025–2026, Richland had 63% proficiency in ELA, 7 percentage points above the state, and 42% in math, 2 points above. ELA was strongest in grade 8, at 81%, and lowest in grade 3, at 50%; math ranged from 34% in grade 8 to 48% in grade 6. Science also differed by grade: grade 8 reached 59%, 7 points above the state, while grade 5 was 43%, 5 points below. These grade-level contrasts show why the all-grades results do not tell the whole story.
ELA and math improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose from 58% to 63%, while math climbed from 35% to 42%, moving from below the state to above it. Science was mixed: grade 5 fell from 54% to 43%, while grade 8 was essentially unchanged, moving from 59% to 59%. SchoolDigger’s reported statewide percentile ranking declined from the 62nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 52nd in 2025–2026; its current listing gives a rank of 347 of 738, the 53rd percentile, and 3 stars. These rankings are a different indicator from the test results. As context, the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 12.3:1, and 59% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 17% in 2025–2026, compared with 24% statewide.
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