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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 61544

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Schools

236

Students

Top rankedSpoon River Valley Elementary School435^th of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Spoon River Valley Junior High School up 274 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 61544 has three schools in Spoon River Valley CUSD 4, serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Spoon River Valley Elementary School (134 students), Spoon River Valley Junior High School (42 students), and Spoon River Valley Senior High School (60 students). In 2025–2026, elementary’s all-grades IAR results were 56% in ELA and 49% in math; junior high reported 49% and 43%, respectively. Elementary was ahead by 7 points in ELA and 6 in math, though the schools cover different grade spans. Most importantly, their recent results moved in opposite directions: elementary scores fell in both subjects while junior-high scores rose.

Grade-level results highlight strengths that schoolwide figures can miss. Elementary fifth graders scored 81% in both ELA and math, 26 points above the state in ELA and 45 points above in math; fifth-grade science was 63%, 15 points above the state. Junior high stood out in sixth-grade ELA at 73%, 15 points above the state, and eighth-grade science at 69%, 17 points above. The high school’s clearest latest standout is graduation: its 2025–2026 rate was 100%, 10 points above the state. By contrast, its 2024–2025 ACT results were below state results by 21 points in ELA, 24 in math, and 26 in science; its latest ACT and PreACT test results are suppressed.

From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, elementary ELA fell by 10 points and math by 16, while junior-high ELA rose by 5 points and math by 10. SchoolDigger rankings also shifted: elementary went from the 74th percentile to the 81st and then 75th; junior high went from the 61st to the 57th and then 72nd. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 10.3 at elementary, 7.4 at junior high, and 7.1 at senior high; all three reported free/reduced lunch eligible as their low-income measure, at 46%, 48%, and 43%, respectively. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 7% at elementary and 6% at junior high, compared with 18% at senior high. These comparisons should be read with care because enrollment is small and schoolwide results cover different grade spans.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PreACT Secure English Language Arts (2026)		PreACT Secure Mathematics (2026)		PreACT Secure Science (2026)		ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	ISA Science (2026)		IAR English Language Arts (2026)							IAR Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 9th Grade	PreACT Secure English Language Arts 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Mathematics 10th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 9th Grade	PreACT Secure Science 10th Grade	ACT English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Spoon River Valley Junior High School	Public	6-8	35265 N IL Route 97	London Mills	61544	Fulton County	Spoon River Valley CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 778-2201	42	6	7.4	47.6%	37 (88.1%)	1 (2.4%)	2 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.8%)	67.9	318^th of 1126 public middle schools	71.8%		52.1	592^nd of 1368 public middle schools	56.7%	274											68.8				73.3		62.5	49.0							42.9	98%		$21,487	$672	$20,815
Spoon River Valley Senior High School	Public	9-12	35265 N IL Route 97	London Mills	61544	Fulton County	Spoon River Valley CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(309) 778-2201	60	8	7.1	43.3%	56 (93.3%)	2 (3.3%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)								(n/a)																										100%		$21,781	$672	$21,110
Spoon River Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	35265 N IL Route 97	London Mills	61544	Fulton County	Spoon River Valley CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(309) 778-2207	134	13	10.3	45.5%	120 (89.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.7%)	71.8	435^th of 1737 public elementary schools	75.0%		80.1	389^th of 2056 public elementary schools	81.1%	46										62.5		57.7		81.3				55.6	46.2		81.3				49.2	97.2%		$18,076	$1,149	$16,927

Cities Near Zip Code 61544

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
London Mills	5.74 mi	3	300^th
Avon	9.15 mi	2	341^st
Abingdon	9.64 mi	2	519^th
Knoxville	13.2 mi	3	429^th
Farmington	14.8 mi	3	297^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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