Summary:
Zip code 61486 has one public school, Winola Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 4, with 261 students, in Sherrard CUSD 200. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 10% at Winola, below the district’s 15% and the state’s 24%. The clearest achievement finding is that Winola’s all-grades math proficiency was above the state level, while its ELA proficiency matched it: math was 48% at Winola versus 40% statewide, and ELA was 56% at both.
Because this area’s list contains just one school, there is no local school-to-school leader or trailer; Winola’s grade-level results show where performance varied. Grade 4 was above state results in both subjects: ELA proficiency was 64%, 9 points above the state, and math was 49%, 7 points above. Grade 3 was below the state in both: ELA was 46%, 2 points below, and math was 46%, 4 points below. The contrast was especially notable against district results in math: grade 4 was 4 points above the district, while grade 3 was 11 points below. In ELA, grade 4 was essentially level with the district, while grade 3 was 6 points below.
Over the two years of all-grades results, Winola gained ground on the state in math, but its earlier ELA advantage disappeared. Math proficiency rose from 44% in 2024–2025 to 48% in 2025–2026, while the state increased from 39% to 40%; Winola’s lead grew from 5 points to 8. ELA moved from 57% to 56%, as the state rose from 53% to 56%, closing Winola’s 3-point lead. SchoolDigger’s rating fell from 3 stars and the 69th statewide percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and the 49th percentile in 2025–2026. For additional context, 40% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio that year was 16.2:1. These figures describe the school; a one-school list cannot compare them across local schools.
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