Summary:
Zip code 61240 has one listed school, Bicentennial Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 5 with 328 students. Because it is the only school in the list, families can compare its results with district and state figures, but not with another local school. The clearest finding is that the school’s results are strongest relative to the state in math, while all-grades ELA is slightly below the state result.
There is no local top or bottom school: Bicentennial is the sole school represented. In 2025–26, 52% of students were proficient in all-grades math, versus 40% statewide, a 13-point advantage; grade 5 science was 56%, compared with 48% statewide, a 9-point advantage. All-grades ELA was 55%, 2 points below the state’s 56%. Grade-level results add detail: ELA was 6 points above the state in grade 5 but 5 points below in grade 4; math was above the state in each reported grade, by 9 to 15 points. The school also exceeded Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 in all-grades ELA by 11 points and math by 22 points.
Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, especially in ELA and grade 5 science. ELA rose 12 points, narrowing the gap with the state from 10 points below to 2 points below; grade 5 science rose 27 points, moving from 11 points below the state to 9 points above. Math increased 2 points, and its state advantage widened by about 1 point. SchoolDigger gives the school 3 stars and ranks it 760th of 1,737 schools, in the 56th percentile, for 2025–26. Other context: its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 16.4, and 43% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 12% in 2025–26, compared with 23% districtwide and 24% statewide.
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