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Summersville School District 79

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At a glance

285^thof 738 Illinois districts▼ 116

Better than 61% of Illinois districts

Elementary 1Grades PK, KG-8

1118 Fairfield Rd
Mount Vernon, IL 62864-5726·(618) 244-8079·All Illinois district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 61.4% of districts

School

283

Students

Top rankedSummersville Grade School870^th of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Summary:

Summersville School District 79 has one listed school, Summersville Grade School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, with 283 students. Because it is the only school in the area’s list, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. The most important finding is that in 2025–2026 the school was above Illinois’ all-grade results in both subjects: 66% proficient in English language arts (ELA) versus 56% statewide, and 53% in math versus 40% statewide.

The school is the area’s leader by default, but its strongest results stand out most clearly in eighth grade. In 2025–2026, eighth-grade ELA proficiency was 97%, 34 percentage points above the state, and math was 74%, 40 points above. Results were closer to or below state levels in some other grades: third-grade math was 4 points below, sixth-grade math was 1 point below, and fourth-grade ELA was 2 points below. This variation means the all-grade results do not describe every grade equally.

The school remained above state results, though its leads narrowed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA fell 2 points while the state rose 3, and math fell 4 while the state rose 1, reducing each lead by 5 points. Science also varied by grade: fifth-grade results moved from 6 points above the state in 2024–2025 to 5 points below in 2025–2026, while eighth grade stayed well above. SchoolDigger ranked the school 870th of 1,737 Illinois schools, at the 50th percentile with 3 stars, in 2025–2026; its percentile ranking was 74th in 2023–2024 and 70th in 2024–2025. Context figures include a 12.2 student-teacher ratio and 38% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, plus 6% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 versus 24% statewide.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Summersville Grade School	Public	PK, KG-8	1118 Fairfield Rd	Mount Vernon	62864	Jefferson County	Summersville School District 79	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 244-8079	283	23	12.2	38.2%	247 (87.3%)	3 (1.1%)	12 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	20 (7.1%)	47.9	870^th of 1737 public elementary schools	49.9%		69	622^nd of 2056 public elementary schools	69.7%	248	42.9	77.1	48.5	54.1	57.1	71.4	66.7	97.1	65.6	45.5	64.9	37.1	35.7	54.2	74.3	52.6	100%		$13,837	$563	$13,274

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Franklin-Jefferson County Sp Educational District	0.03 mi	4
Mount Vernon School District 80	1.76 mi	4	724^th
Mt Vernon Township HSD 201	2 mi	2	661^st
Clintn/Jeffrsn/Marin/Washngtn ROE	2.56 mi	9
Edw/Glt/Hlt/Hdn/Pop/Sln/Wbh/Wn/Wh ROE	3.11 mi	4

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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