Summary:
Zip code 61283 has one listed school, Tampico Elementary School, serving grades 3–5. With only one school, families can compare its results with the state and district, but not with other schools in the zip code. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 10%, below the Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico CUSD3 figure of 17% and the state’s 24%. The clearest academic standout was fifth-grade science: 60% of Tampico students were proficient, compared with 48% statewide, a 12-point advantage.
Tampico is the sole local entry, rather than a leader or trailer in a school-to-school ranking. Its latest all-grades results were close to the state in math—41% proficient versus 40%, or 1 point higher—but below the state in ELA, at 54% versus 56%, or 2 points lower. Results vary by grade: ELA was above the state in grades 3 and 4 by 9 and 3 points, respectively, but 7 points below in grade 5. Fifth-grade math was also below the state by 5 points, while grade 4 was 1 point above. The pattern is strongest in fifth-grade science, but less favorable in fifth-grade ELA and math.
Recent changes point in different directions by subject. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Tampico’s all-grades ELA proficiency fell from 62% to 54%, while the state rose from 53% to 56%; Tampico went from 9 points above the state to 2 points below, an 11-point deterioration in its relative position. Math rose from 34% to 41%, while the state increased from 39% to 40%, improving Tampico’s relative position by 6 points. Fifth-grade science climbed from 54% to 60%, though its advantage over the state narrowed from 14 to 12 points. SchoolDigger ranks Tampico at the 47th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, after the 68th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 and the 59th percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024. The school has 156 students, a 13:1 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025, and 71% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; per-student spending that year was $14,155.
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