Summary:
Zip code 61256 has one listed school, Hampton Elementary School, serving kindergarten through eighth grade with 225 students. In 2025–26, all-grade proficiency was 49% in English language arts (ELA), 7 percentage points below Illinois, and 36% in mathematics, 3 points below the state. Chronic absenteeism was lower than statewide: 11% at Hampton versus 24% in Illinois. The most important finding is that results improved in both core subjects, but remain below state levels.
Hampton is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in this list by default; there are no other listed schools to compare with it. Its strongest reported results include eighth-grade mathematics, at 55% versus 35% statewide, and eighth-grade science, at 59% versus 52%. Fifth-grade science was nearly even with the state, at 47.6% versus 47.5%. Seventh grade is the clearest concern: ELA proficiency was 33% versus 58% statewide, a 24-point gap below the state; seventh-grade math was also below the state, at 33% versus 40%. Results vary considerably by grade, so the all-grade figures do not tell the whole story.
Hampton’s all-grade results moved upward from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 8 points, from 42% to 49%, and mathematics rose 3 points, from 33% to 36%. Over the same period, the gaps below Illinois narrowed by 4 points in ELA and 2 points in math. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile rose from 41 in 2023–24 to 45 in 2025–26, although its rating stayed at 2 stars. Other context includes a 14:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 40% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; these describe the school and do not establish why results differ.
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