Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 61884 include one school, White Heath Elementary School, serving grades 4–5 with 270 students; it is part of Monticello CUSD 25. In 2025–2026, the school’s chronic absenteeism rate was 9%, below the district’s 14% and the state’s 24%. The most important academic finding is that White Heath was above state proficiency rates in all three latest reported measures: by 16 points in all-grade ELA, 10 points in all-grade math, and 17 points in fifth-grade science.
Because it is the only school listed, there is no local top or bottom school to compare. White Heath’s results stand out against state rates: 72% of students met proficiency in all-grade ELA, compared with 56% statewide, and 49% did so in all-grade math, compared with 40% statewide. Fifth-grade science proficiency was 65%, versus 48% statewide. Within the school, grade 4 results were higher than grade 5 in both ELA (77% versus 67%) and math (59% versus 42%), although both grades were above their grade-matched state rates.
ELA and math results improved year over year, and their advantages over the state grew: ELA rose 9 points at White Heath versus 3 statewide, while math rose 4 points versus 1 statewide. Science also rose, by 3 points, but the state gained 7 points, narrowing White Heath’s science lead from 21 points to 17. SchoolDigger gave the school four stars in each of the three rank-history years; its latest ranking was 483rd of 1,737 schools, at the 72nd percentile, down from the 78th percentile in 2023–2024. As context, the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 15.5:1, and 23% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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