Silvis School District 34

Silvis School District 34 has two listed schools serving prekindergarten through grade 8: George O Barr School serves prekindergarten–grade 5, and Northeast Junior High School serves grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, both schools were below Illinois in all-grades English language arts (ELA) and math, with the larger shared shortfall in math: the two-school averages were 43% in ELA and 22% in math, compared with 56% and 40% statewide. The most important area-wide finding is that math proficiency was particularly far behind the state at both schools.

Northeast Junior High led the all-grades comparison, with 45% proficiency in ELA and 23% in math, compared with 40% and 22% at George O Barr—leads of 5 and 1 percentage points. Northeast was 11 points below the state in ELA and 17 in math; George was 16 and 18 points below. George’s fifth grade is a clear bright spot: ELA proficiency was 67%, 12 points above the state, and science proficiency was 56%, 8 points above. Results vary sharply by grade, however: George’s fourth-grade ELA proficiency was 27%, compared with 56% statewide, a 29-point gap.

Recent results moved in different directions: Northeast gained 10 percentage points in both ELA and math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while George’s ELA fell 4 points and its math result was essentially unchanged. Across the two schools, the average math gain was 5 points versus a 1-point state gain; ELA rose about 3 points, roughly matching the state. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings give George the higher percentile and rating—34th percentile and 2 stars, versus Northeast’s 19th percentile and 1 star. George enrolled 405 students and had an 11.2 student-teacher ratio; Northeast enrolled 186 and had a 10.9 ratio. In 2024–2025, 67% of George students and 62% of Northeast students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was higher at Northeast: 34%, versus George’s 28% and 24% statewide.