Summary:
ZIP code 61341 has two elementary schools serving pre-K through grade 8: Marseilles Elementary School (PK–8, 528 students) and Milton Pope Elementary School (K–8, 195 students). The most important difference is their 2025–2026 all-grades test performance: Milton led Marseilles by 45 percentage points in ELA and 26 points in math.
Milton Pope stands out at the top, with 73% proficiency in ELA and 50% in math, compared with state results of 56% and 40%. Marseilles is the lower result in both subjects, at 28% in ELA and 24% in math—28 points and 16 points below the state, respectively. Milton’s fifth-grade science result is another strength: 81%, 34 points above the state and 35 points above Marseilles’ 46%. Still, Marseilles’ fifth-grade math and science were relatively close to state results, each within 4 points.
Recent gains were concentrated at Milton: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its ELA proficiency rose 22 points and math rose 7, while Marseilles’ ELA was essentially unchanged and its math fell 2 points. SchoolDigger ranks Milton 163rd of 1,737 schools (91st percentile, five stars), compared with Marseilles at 1,360th (22nd percentile, one star). In 2024–2025, Marseilles had a lower student-teacher ratio (12.3 versus 15.0) and a higher share of students free/reduced lunch eligible (57% versus 20%); these are contextual differences, not explanations for test results. Marseilles’ eighth-grade science result fell to 24% in 2025–2026, while Milton’s figure is suppressed. Some grade-level results are suppressed, and the area comparison includes only two schools.
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