Summary:
The 61517 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Brimfield Grade School, which serves students from kindergarten through 8th grade. This school is part of the Brimfield CUSD 309 district, which is ranked 239 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating.
Brimfield Grade School is a relatively strong-performing school, ranking 983 out of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year and maintaining a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 3 school years. The school outperforms the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency across all grade levels, with particularly strong performance in 7th and 8th grade. However, its mathematics performance is more mixed, exceeding the state average in some grades but falling behind in others, such as 5th grade. Science proficiency is also strong, with 5th and 8th grade students scoring above the state average.
Brimfield Grade School has a relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 20.84%, suggesting a more affluent student population compared to the state average. The school also has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.4 and spends $15,193 per student, which is higher than the state average. These demographic and financial factors may contribute to the school's academic performance, which has remained consistent over the past 3 school years. While Brimfield Grade School is already a strong-performing school, its ranking in the top half of Illinois elementary schools suggests there may be room for further improvement and growth.
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