Summary:
Zip code 61413 has one listed school, AlWood Elementary School, serving PK–5 and enrolling 172 students; this means there are no local school-to-school comparisons. Most importantly, its 2025–2026 all-grades IAR proficiency was above the state in both ELA—59% versus 56%, a 3-point lead—and math—42% versus 40%, also a 3-point lead.
Grade-level results show where the school’s overall standing does—and does not—hold. In math, third grade was above the state by 9 points (58% versus 49%), but fourth grade was 8 points below it (35% versus 42%). ELA was above the state in both reported grades: third grade by 18 points (65% versus 48%) and fourth grade by 10 points (66% versus 56%). So, while AlWood is above state results overall, fourth-grade math is a notable exception.
Results moved in different directions over the two latest years: ELA rose 1 point, from 58% in 2024–2025 to 59% in 2025–2026, while math fell 1 point, from 43% to 42%; the school’s leads over the state narrowed by 2 points in each subject. Attendance is a positive part of the profile: chronic absenteeism was 7% in 2025–2026, compared with 10% districtwide and 24% statewide. SchoolDigger’s percentile rose from 51 in 2023–2024 to 62 in 2024–2025, then dipped to 58 in 2025–2026; its latest listing is rank 728 of 1,737 with a 3-star rating. Other context includes an 8.9 student–teacher ratio and 43% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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