Summary:
Three schools serving 277 students in ZIP code 61501 are part of Astoria CUSD 1: Astoria Elementary School (pre-K–5), Astoria Junior High School (grades 6–8) and Astoria High School (grades 9–12). The clearest academic concern is that the two younger schools’ latest all-grades IAR results were below state levels: Elementary ELA was 34% versus 56% statewide, and Junior High math was 22% versus 40%.
No school leads across every reported measure. Junior High’s eighth-grade science stands out positively at 55%, 3 points above the state’s 52%; its eighth-grade ELA was 60%, 3 points below the state. High’s 11th-grade ACT ELA was essentially at the state level (50.0% versus 49.9%), while its ACT science was 42%, 6 points below. Elementary’s latest all-grades results were the weakest compared with the state, particularly ELA, which was 23 points lower. High also had a strong graduation result—100%, 10 points above the state—but chronic absenteeism was 35%, 11 points above the state.
Recent trends are mixed: Junior High IAR ELA rose from 38% to 49% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while its math fell from 27% to 22%; Elementary’s ELA dropped from 48% to 34%, and math from 31% to 28%. High’s ACT ELA improved from 27% to 50% over those years, while science rose from 40% to 42%. Elementary’s fifth-grade science also swung from 92% in 2024–2025 to 46% in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings place High at the 49th percentile (2 stars), Elementary at the 26th (1 star), and Junior High at the 42nd (2 stars, latest available for 2024–2025). For context, free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025 was 61% at Elementary, 50% at Junior High and 44% at High; student-teacher ratios were 11.9, 7.6 and 7.3, respectively. Cross-school score comparisons are most useful when the grade and assessment match.
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