Summary:
Zip code 61913 has one listed elementary school, Atwood-Hammond Grade School, which serves pre-K through grade 8 and enrolls 209 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades English language arts (ELA) proficiency was 63%, compared with 56% statewide, while math proficiency was 38%, compared with 40% statewide. The clearest overall takeaway is that ELA is a strength relative to Illinois, but math is below the state and has declined.
With no other listed schools, there is no local school-to-school leader or trailer; the standout comparisons are with state results. Atwood-Hammond had a particularly strong grade 3: ELA was 77% versus 48% statewide, and math was 77% versus 49%. Grade 7 ELA also exceeded the state, at 71% versus 58%, while grade 4 ELA was below it, at 52% versus 56%. Grade 8 science was the clearest shortfall: 37% proficient, 15 percentage points below the state’s 52%; grade 5 science was closer, at 46% versus 48%. These results show that the school’s overall figures do not capture the differences between grades.
Results have changed unevenly: all-grades ELA rose 7 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, widening the school’s advantage over the state, while math fell 6 points as the state rose 1 point. Grade 8 science improved by 22 points and narrowed its state gap by 15 points, though it remains well below the state. SchoolDigger ranks the school 780th of 1,737, at the 55th percentile with three stars for 2025–2026; its reported percentile fell from 78th in 2023–2024 and 69th in 2024–2025. Context figures include an 11.8:1 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025, 58% of students free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and chronic absenteeism of 16% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 24%. Since only one school is listed, the data cannot show how these results compare with similar local schools.
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