Summary:
Zip code 61486 has one elementary school, Winola Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 4 in Sherrard CUSD 200. With only one school in the area, the results offer a profile of Winola rather than a choice among local schools. In 2025–2026, its all-grades math result was 48%, compared with 40% statewide and 37% in the district; ELA was 56%, matching the state and exceeding the district’s 53%. The clearest finding is that Winola’s strongest current advantage over the state is in math.
There is no separate local top or bottom school to compare, but Winola’s grade results show a clear contrast: fourth grade was above state results in both subjects, while third grade was below. In ELA, third grade scored 46% versus 48% statewide, while fourth grade scored 64% versus 56%, an 9-point advantage. In math, third grade scored 46% versus 49% statewide, while fourth grade scored 49% versus 42%, a 7-point advantage. SchoolDigger ranked Winola 893rd of 1,737 schools for 2025–2026, at the 49th percentile with 2 stars.
Recent results moved in different directions by subject: Winola’s math score rose 4 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, from 44% to 48%, while its ELA score slipped from 57% to 56%. Its math advantage over the state widened from 5 points to 8; its ELA advantage shifted from 3 points to level with the state. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking also declined across the reported years, from the 69th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 59th in 2024–2025 and 49th in 2025–2026. As context, in 2024–2025 Winola enrolled 261 students, had a student–teacher ratio of 16.2:1, and 40% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 10% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 15% and the state’s 24%.
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