Summary:
Elementary schools in zip code 61727 include three schools serving 866 students: Clinton Elementary School serves grades 2–5, while Lincoln Elementary School and Douglas Elementary School serve pre-K through grade 1. The most important achievement concern is fifth-grade math at Clinton: 15% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, 21 percentage points below the state’s 36%, even though Clinton’s all-grades math result was slightly above the state.
Clinton stands out for achievement: its 2025–2026 all-grades ELA proficiency was 62%, compared with 56% statewide, and its math result was 41%, compared with 40% statewide. Third grade was especially strong, with 72% proficient in ELA—25 points above the same-grade state result—and 65% in math, 16 points above the state. By contrast, Douglas stands out for higher chronic absenteeism: 22% in 2025–2026, versus 16% at Lincoln and 15% at Clinton. All three schools were below the state absenteeism rate of 24%, but Douglas was 7 points above Clinton and 6 above Lincoln.
Recent results show different directions by subject at Clinton: ELA proficiency rose 5 points, from 57% in 2024–2025 to 62% in 2025–2026, while math fell 2 points, from 43% to 41%. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Clinton also shifted from the 64th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 53rd in 2025–2026, an 11-point decline, despite the recent ELA improvement. Resource measures are fairly close across schools: student–teacher ratios range from 11.9 at Douglas to 12.7 at Lincoln, and free/reduced lunch eligible rates in 2024–2025 range from 48% at Lincoln to 54% at Clinton. Achievement results are provided only for Clinton, so the data does not support achievement comparisons among all three schools.
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