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Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School

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Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School ranks 489 th of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

489^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools

Better than 76% of Illinois elementary schools

Summary

Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 464 students in grades PK-5 in Warrensburg, Illinois. The school is part of the Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11 district, which is ranked 285 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School consistently performs above the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams. For example, in 2024-2025, the school had 66.5% of students proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 53.1%. The school's performance is particularly strong in 5th grade ELA, where 76.2% of students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 54.6%. The school also performs well across various student subgroups, including female students, male students, and students with low socioeconomic status.

While Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School's academic performance is impressive, the school has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.4% in 2022-2023 to 25.4% in 2024-2025. This is an area of concern that the school and district should address. In comparison, nearby schools in the Decatur School District 61 generally perform significantly worse than Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School, with Hope Academy having only 3.1% of students proficient or better in ELA in 2024-2025. However, Maroa-Forsyth Grade School, another nearby school, performs at a similar level to Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School.

475

Students ?

16.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,261

Per pupil spending ?

51.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

100 N West St
Warrensburg, IL 62573-9786

(217) 672-3612

District: Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11

Students who attend Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Warrensburg-Latham Middle School
High:	Warrensburg-Latham High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

83.4%

Two or more races:

7.8%

Hispanic:

4.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 59th percentile in 2015 → 76th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Illinois average (56% vs 44% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 24% of Illinois elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school56%

District avg55%

Illinois avg44%

489^th of 2,056

Illinois public elementary schools ?

Top 24%▲ up 17 pts since 2015

From top 41% (2015) to top 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

285^th of 811Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11 among Illinois districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	75.6	489 of 2056	76.2%	★★★★☆
2024	74.5	484 of 2067	76.6%	★★★★☆
2023	71.5	533 of 2077	74.3%	★★★★☆
2022	62.8	701 of 2082	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.9	712 of 1948	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	76.8	422 of 2086	79.8%	★★★★☆
2018	70.0	556 of 2037	72.7%	★★★★☆
2017	55.2	853 of 2044	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	49.3	965 of 2046	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	53.0	837 of 2052	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2014	83.0	320 of 2093	84.7%	★★★★☆
2013	75.0	529 of 2167	75.6%	★★★★☆
2012	82.1	273 of 2166	87.4%	★★★★☆
2011	75.2	534 of 2147	75.1%	★★★★☆
2010	75.0	559 of 2139	73.9%	★★★★☆
2009	79.1	384 of 2120	81.9%	★★★★☆
2008	78.3	404 of 2092	80.7%	★★★★☆
2007	74.3	523 of 2095	75.0%	★★★★☆
2006	66.5	828 of 2086	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2005	66.6	807 of 2022	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2004	67.9	757 of 2030	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2003	75.5	516 of 2020	74.5%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	73.0	178 of 1049	83.0%	★★★★☆
2024	64.3	189 of 886	78.7%	★★★★☆
2023	45.6	389 of 907	57.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	72.6	488 of 1942	74.9%	★★★★☆
2024	72.6	466 of 1942	76.0%	★★★★☆
2023	70.1	505 of 1957	74.2%	★★★★☆
2022	65.0	614 of 1970	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	49.3	761 of 1680	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.6	632 of 2019	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.9	598 of 1964	69.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	79.4	218 of 1800	87.9%	★★★★☆
2024	75.6	250 of 1793	86.1%	★★★★☆
2023	80.0	181 of 1808	90.0%	★★★★★
2022	79.7	170 of 1763	90.4%	★★★★★
2021	64.8	340 of 1514	77.5%	★★★★☆
2019	90.7	54 of 1816	97.0%	★★★★★
2018	72.5	290 of 1765	83.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	74.5	463 of 1947	76.2%	★★★★☆
2024	68.4	535 of 1959	72.7%	★★★★☆
2023	69.1	526 of 1984	73.5%	★★★★☆
2022	57.1	748 of 1977	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	58.2	588 of 1707	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	82.5	285 of 2019	85.9%	★★★★☆
2018	71.2	490 of 1972	75.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	57.8	434 of 1292	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.8	555 of 1195	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.5	494 of 1156	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	83.3	106 of 1194	91.1%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	60.5	545 of 1389	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.1	515 of 1392	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.1	649 of 1419	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.4	760 of 1425	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.5	695 of 1308	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.7	555 of 1462	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.3	643 of 1463	56.0%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)88th percentile+12 vs school

Disabled (2025)83rd percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)76th percentile~ school

Female (2025)75th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)66th percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)61st percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts66%+13 vs state

Mathematics57%+19 vs state

Science44%+4 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Monday, December 3, 2012

This is a warning to anyone thinking of moving to this town with children. BEWARE! If you have not lived here your whole life, or are not rich, it will not be a good experience. I had to withdraw my son from school as he was being bullied. Even after going to the principal and teachers, nothing was done. My son is a great student, and the other kids didn't like that, so they decided to go after him. He was new to the area and is very conscientious and wants to do well. Of course, since he didn't have money and hadn't lived here his whole life, that was the kiss of death. There were 8-10 kids bullying him. PLEASE, heed this warning. Go anywhere else! Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, December 3, 2012

This is a horrible school to send your child to!!!! We just moved to the area in the summer of 2012 and enrolled our child in 8th grade. He played on the football team, and loved his classes. Then he made the honor roll with highest honors and then made the basketball team. After that it went down hill. He wanted to quit the basketball team. His behavior seemed to change. He became very quite. I met with the principal and his teachers, some of them said he has been more quite and they will watch him. Then he started not eating and getting headaches. We found out that because of his size, he is being bullied and teased. The same boys who he played football with now are calling him a fata##, and a fat MF. They are telling him he doesn't belong. These kids started getting more and more kids to ignore him and not letting him sit with them at lunch. They called him a teacher's pet just because he received great grades. Then they started to threaten him. We decided to pull him out of school and my wife is home schooling him for now.

I went to the principal and he asked to help. I told him I asked for help 3 weeks ago and got nothing. I told one of his teachers he was leaving and she then said he started becoming even more quite and laid his head on his desk alot. Yet, did anyone ask him what was wrong or call his parents? NO!!!!! The teachers do not care. They only care if the child comes forward.

Sure, this is a wonderful school, if you have lived here all your life! THEY HATE OUTSIDERS!!!!!!!! It is too bad, because my son was doing great in school and loved the classes. Just because he was nice and considerate to girls, who by the way liked him for this, and received great grades, the hillbilly boys were jealous and decided to go after him and recruit the rest of the school to help. Even his "so called friends" would not help him because of the loyalty of being in this town forever.

So if you are thinking about moving to the area, unless you know people who have lived here forever, or you have ALOT of money to throw at these people, RUN AWAY!!! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISA Science (2025)		IAR English Language Arts (2025)							IAR Mathematics (2025)							% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Pneumococcal (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Pneumococcal All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 N West St	Warrensburg	62573	Macon County	Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 672-3612	475	29	16.1	51.8%	396 (83.4%)	17 (3.6%)	21 (4.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.8%)	75.6	489^th of 2056 public elementary schools	76.2%		74.5	484^th of 2067 public elementary schools	76.6%	5	44.4		59.7	65.4	76.2				66.5	71.4	55.1	42.9				57.3	96.1	96.1	96.1	96.1	96.1	96.1	96.1	11.8		$10,261	$642	$9,619
Sangamon Valley Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	1095 N Meridian	Harristown	62537	Macon County	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 963-2621	170	15	11.3	62.9%	148 (87.1%)	4 (2.4%)	5 (2.9%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.3%)								(n/a)																	95.0	96.9	96.9	96.9	98.8	96.9	94.4	35.4		$15,953	$2,693	$13,261
Franklin Grove Elementary School	Public	K-6	2440 N Summit Ave	Decatur	62526	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 362-3561	461	25	18.5	89.8%	106 (23.0%)	243 (52.7%)	15 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (21.0%)	5.5	2043^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	0.6%		9.7	2045^th of 2067 public elementary schools	1.1%	2	4.8		6.1	12.7	6.6	9.4			8.6	3.0	4.8	3.3	1.9			3.3	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.1	98.7	98.1	98.1		9.3	$16,270	$2,258	$14,011
Parsons Elementary School	Public	K-6	3591 N MacArthur Rd	Decatur	62526	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 362-3330	505	32	15.7	89.5%	134 (26.5%)	248 (49.1%)	29 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (17.2%)	7.9	2001^st of 2056 public elementary schools	2.7%		10.1	2032^nd of 2067 public elementary schools	1.7%	31	12.7		13.9	16.7	19.0	5.1			14.0	12.5	6.4	6.6	0.0			6.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	95.7	84.2	95.7	95.7		10.2	$16,395	$2,306	$14,088
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School	Public	PK, KG-5	641 E Shafer St	Forsyth	62535	Macon County	Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 877-2023	593	39	15.1	33.7%	425 (71.7%)	42 (7.1%)	23 (3.9%)	62 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.7%)	71.8	554^th of 2056 public elementary schools	73.1%		73.1	506^th of 2067 public elementary schools	75.5%	48	38.0		64.0	62.8	64.1				63.7	71.9	50.0	46.7				56.2	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.2	98.2	12.0		$9,975	$1,108	$8,867
Hope Academy	Public	K-8	955 N Illinois St	Decatur	62521	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 362-3280	501	36	13.9	93.8%	98 (19.6%)	320 (63.9%)	17 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (13.2%)	4.3	2056^th of 2056 public elementary schools	0.0%		7.9	2067^th of 2067 public elementary schools	0.0%	11	2.0	12.2	0.0	9.8	2.0	3.9	0.0	4.8	3.1	3.6	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	1.7	97.7	98.1	98.1	98.1	99.8	97.9	98.1		23.7	$18,499	$2,201	$16,298
Robertson Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2240 E Geddes Ave	Decatur	62526	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 428-7072	327	11	29.7	63.9%	4 (1.2%)	292 (89.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.0%)	12.4	1862^nd of 2056 public elementary schools	9.4%		20.9	1657^th of 2067 public elementary schools	19.8%	205	7.1	21.6	24.0	21.4	35.7	27.6	30.8	42.1	31.0	8.0	3.6	10.7	3.4	2.6	7.9	5.9										$20,000	$1,381	$18,619
American Dreamer STEM Academy	Public	K-8	2115 S Taylor Rd	Decatur	62521	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 362-3380	423	28	15.1	89.1%	70 (16.5%)	282 (66.7%)	12 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (13.7%)	8.6	1982^nd of 2056 public elementary schools	3.6%		11	2014^th of 2067 public elementary schools	2.6%	32	14.9	21.6	4.3	22.7	14.9	16.7	14.6	28.9	16.5	12.8	6.8	4.3	4.2	0.0	5.3	5.5	98.4	98.4	98.4	98.4	98.4	98.4	98.4		30.6	$20,443	$5,488	$14,955
Johns Hill Magnet School	Public	K-8	1025 E Johns Ave	Decatur	62521	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 362-3350	627	41	15.2	79.7%	97 (15.5%)	248 (39.6%)	190 (30.3%)	22 (3.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (10.8%)	13.3	1838^th of 2056 public elementary schools	10.6%		15.6	1825^th of 2067 public elementary schools	11.7%	13	18.8	22.4	20.3	19.0	17.2	23.5	24.2	17.9	20.4	15.6	17.5	7.8	13.2	19.4	3.0	12.6	95.5	95.3	95.3	95.3	96.7	95.5	95.6		31.4	$18,151	$2,446	$15,705
Dennis Lab School	Public	K-8	300 Meadow Terrace Pl	Decatur	62521	Macon County	Decatur School District 61	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 362-3511	579	35	16.5	84.6%	164 (28.3%)	289 (49.9%)	43 (7.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (14.0%)	7.7	2008^th of 2056 public elementary schools	2.3%		11.8	1980^th of 2067 public elementary schools	4.2%	28	17.9	17.4	16.0	7.4	14.5	6.1	17.2	4.3	10.6	7.8	1.9	5.4	4.6	9.4	2.9	5.3	91.9	94.2	94.2	94.2	98.9	94.0	94.0		27.6	$16,353	$1,930	$14,423

Frequently Asked Questions about Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School?

Students at Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School are 83% White, 8% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic, 4% African American.

What schools do graduates of Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Warrensburg-Latham Middle School
High : Warrensburg-Latham High School

Is Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School a good school?

Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School ranks 489^th of 2056 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 475 students attended Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School.

What district is Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School in?

Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11

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