Summary:
Zip code 61704 has four schools: three elementary schools serving kindergarten through fifth grade and one junior high serving grades six through eight. The results show a wide range of reported achievement among the elementary schools, while Evans Junior High School is above state results in both tested subjects. The most important takeaway is that elementary performance varies dramatically by school, rather than presenting one consistent picture across the area.
Northpoint Elementary School leads the elementary schools: its 2025–26 all-grades results were 67% in ELA and 62% in math, while Cedar Ridge Elementary School had the lowest results, at 23% and 16%. The gap between those schools was 43 percentage points in ELA and 45 in math. Northpoint was above the state by 10 points in ELA and 22 in math; Cedar Ridge was below by 33 and 23 points, respectively. Stevenson Elementary School fell between them, but remained below the state in both subjects. Evans scored 64% in ELA and 43% in math—8 and 3 points above the state. Northpoint’s fourth graders also stood out, with 80% in ELA and 77% in math.
Elementary averages improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose by 6 percentage points and math by 4, bringing the averages to 47% and 39%. Stevenson made the largest school-level gains in both subjects, but Evans’s ELA result fell by 3 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings put Northpoint at the 73rd percentile with 4 stars and Cedar Ridge at the 3rd percentile with 0 stars; Stevenson is at the 36th percentile with 2 stars, and Evans at the 61st percentile with 3 stars. For 2024–25, the free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 12% at Northpoint, 56% at Stevenson, 70% at Cedar Ridge, and 30% at Evans. Northpoint also had the highest elementary student–teacher ratio, 15.1, compared with 8.7 at Stevenson and 12.3 at Cedar Ridge; these are contextual differences, not explanations for test results.
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