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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 61820

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At a glance

Schools

4,460

Students

Districts

Top rankedSouth Side Elementary School573^rd of 1,737 Illinois elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Washington Elementary School up 209 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Franklin Middle School 12.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 61820 has seven schools—four elementary, two middle and one high school—serving grades K–12 in Champaign CUSD 4. Results differ sharply among the elementary schools: the 2025–2026 all-grades ELA scores range from 57% to 17%, and math scores from 64% to 16%. The most important finding for families is that the ZIP code’s school experience varies substantially by school, especially at the elementary level.

South Side Elementary School stands out among elementary schools, leading in ELA, math and fifth-grade science; its scores are 57%, 64% and 58%, respectively. It is slightly above the state in ELA and exceeds the state by 24 percentage points in math and 11 points in science. At the other end, Washington Elementary School scores 17% in ELA, 16% in math and 21% in fifth-grade science—39, 48 and 37 points below the elementary leaders. The middle schools are close in all-grades ELA and math, with Franklin Middle School ahead by about 1 point in each, while Edison Middle School leads eighth-grade science by 12 points. Central High School is above the state in all three 11th-grade ACT subjects.

Recent gains are strongest in elementary science and middle-school ELA: their school averages rose 14 and 8 points, respectively, from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Elementary ELA rose only about 1 point on average, and middle-school math edged down. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings declined for all seven schools from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026; South Side moved from the 73rd to the 67th percentile, while Stratton Elementary School fell from the 22nd to the 4th. Staffing and income figures do not show a simple pattern with scores: for example, Bottenfield Elementary School and Stratton have similar enrollment and student-teacher ratios—14.8 and 14.4—yet very different results. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure for school year 2024–2025 was 43% at South Side and 76% at Stratton.

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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
R E A D Y Program	Public	6-12	45 E University Ave	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign/Ford ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(217) 239-0322	0	11	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
RE-Start Program	Public	9-12	45 E University Ave	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign/Ford ROE	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(217) 893-3219	0	1	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Bottenfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	1801 S Prospect Ave	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3807	456	31	14.8	46.9%	171 (37.5%)	145 (31.8%)	34 (7.5%)	55 (12.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (11.0%)	33.8	1119^th of 1737 public elementary schools	35.6%		45.4	1101^st of 2056 public elementary schools	46.4%	18										46.1		45.7	39.7	46.1				43.9	55.7	44.1	25.0				41.1	93.3%		$16,011	$1,043	$14,968
Central High School	Public	9-12	610 W University Ave	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3914	1,666	126	13.2	44.4%	630 (37.8%)	433 (26.0%)	321 (19.3%)	156 (9.4%)	5 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	113 (6.8%)	60.8	211^th of 620 public high schools	66.0%		70.6	169^th of 698 public high schools	75.8%	42	59.2	51.7	39.7	37.2	49.6	53.9	53.6	47.7	56.4																	97.5%		$16,887	$613	$16,274
Edison Middle School	Public	6-8	306 W Green St	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3771	647	44	14.8	49.9%	222 (34.3%)	247 (38.2%)	84 (13.0%)	48 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.1%)	23.3	871^st of 1126 public middle schools	22.6%		41.1	762^nd of 1368 public middle schools	44.3%	109											46.8				43.7	40.8	51.2	45.2				27.0	24.6	26.1	25.9	97.2%		$17,546	$1,075	$16,471
Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	606 E Grove St	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3901	265	14	19.6	75.8%	31 (11.7%)	176 (66.4%)	25 (9.4%)	17 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.0%)	5.1	1701^st of 1737 public elementary schools	2.1%		11	1910^th of 2056 public elementary schools	7.1%	209										21.3				21.3				17.0	23.4						15.8	84.8%		$18,259	$1,227	$17,032
Stratton Elementary School	Public	K-5	902 N Randolph St	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 373-7330	454	32	14.4	75.6%	38 (8.4%)	309 (68.1%)	70 (15.4%)	22 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	6.8	1666^th of 1737 public elementary schools	4.1%		14.5	1801^st of 2056 public elementary schools	12.4%	135										30.3		18.3	23.8	27.3				23.3	20.0	15.9	19.7				18.5	93.9%		$19,364	$1,099	$18,265
Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	817 N Harris Ave	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3819	665	54	12.2	57.3%	167 (25.1%)	281 (42.3%)	82 (12.3%)	79 (11.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (8.1%)	21.7	885^th of 1126 public middle schools	21.4%		32.7	900^th of 1368 public middle schools	34.2%	15											34.8				48.0	46.6	42.3	45.7				25.2	35.0	20.9	27.3	98.6%		$19,022	$1,100	$17,922
South Side Elementary School	Public	K-5	715 S New St	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(217) 351-3890	307	21	14.6	42.7%	142 (46.3%)	73 (23.8%)	34 (11.1%)	20 (6.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (11.7%)	65.3	573^rd of 1737 public elementary schools	67.0%		67.8	647^th of 2056 public elementary schools	68.5%	74										58.0		65.3	50.0	55.1				56.7	66.7	65.4	59.2				63.8	95.5%		$16,537	$374	$16,163
Novak Academy	Public	9-12	1103 N Neil St	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 352-4328	0	6	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
ACTIONS Program	Public, Alternative	K-12	1103 N Neil St	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(217) 351-3701	0	9	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Young Adult Program	Public	12	402 N Randolph St	Champaign	61820	Champaign County	Champaign CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(217) 351-3841	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 61820

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Champaign	0.06 mi	24	635^th
Urbana	1.18 mi	13	643^rd
Savoy	3.6 mi	1	328^th
Philo	7.55 mi	1	108^th
Tolono	8 mi	3	197^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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.