Summary:
Zip code 61729 has one listed school, Congerville Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 4 with an enrollment of 97; it is part of Eureka CUD 140. Because there are no other schools in the list, families have no local school-to-school comparison. The clearest finding is that in 2025–2026, Congerville’s all-grades proficiency was 33 percentage points above the state in English language arts (ELA) and 47 points above in math.
Congerville Elementary stands out against state results, though it cannot be called a local-list leader or trailer as the only school listed. SchoolDigger ranked it 36th of 1,737 schools, at the 98th percentile, and gave it five stars in 2025–2026. Its proficiency exceeded the state in both tested grades and subjects: by 44 points in grade 3 ELA and 30 in grade 4 ELA, and by 38 points in grade 3 math and 44 in grade 4 math. Schoolwide, it was also above the district by 13 points in ELA and 25 in math.
Recent results show different trends by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Congerville’s ELA proficiency fell by 4 points, while math rose by 12 points. State proficiency increased by 3 points in ELA and 1 point in math; as a result, the school’s lead over the state narrowed by 8 points in ELA but widened by 11 points in math. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from 151st of 2,067 schools in 2023–2024 to 84th of 2,056 in 2024–2025 and 36th of 1,737 in 2025–2026, even though the two subject scores did not both rise. Other context: the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 16.8, and 6% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 0%, compared with 11% in the district and 24% statewide.
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