Summary:
Zip code 61264 has one listed school, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6 and enrolling 277 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was below the state in every reported subject: 36% in all-grade English language arts (ELA) versus 56% statewide, 29% in math versus 40%, and 28% in grade 5 science versus 48%. The largest gaps were in ELA and science, at 20 percentage points each; the math gap was 11 points. The most important finding is that the school’s proficiency results trailed the state in all three reported subject areas.
There are no schools to rank against one another locally: Thomas Jefferson is the only school listed, so it is both the sole entry and cannot be identified as a local leader or laggard. Compared with Rock Island School District 41, however, the school was ahead in all-grade ELA by 1 point (36.3% versus 34.9%) and math by 7 points (28.8% versus 21.9%); its grade 5 science result was 0.2 points below the district (27.8% versus 28.0%). Among available grade-level results, grade 3 ELA was closest to the state, with a 7-point gap, while grade 4 ELA had the largest gap, at 22 points. Grade 5 ELA and math results were suppressed by the state and cannot be compared.
Results changed in mixed directions from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and the state gains outpaced the school’s in each subject: ELA rose 3 points at the school versus 3 points statewide, widening the gap slightly from 19.8 to 20.0 points; math fell by 1 point while the state rose by 1; and grade 5 science rose 6 points while the state rose 7. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile declined from 39 in 2023–2024 to 20 in 2025–2026, a 19-point drop. Other context includes a 12.2 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 73% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures do not explain test results. Chronic absenteeism was 19% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 31% and state’s 24%.
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