Summary:
ZIP code 62025 has five elementary schools in Edwardsville CUSD 7: Woodland and Columbus serve grades 3–5, while N O Nelson, Goshen and LeClaire serve younger students. The two schools with test results both exceeded Illinois rates in every reported subject and grade in 2025–26; their average was 10 points above the state in all-grades ELA, 16 points above in math and 17 points above in fifth-grade science. The clearest overall picture is strong results at both tested schools, with math the biggest area of difference between them.
Columbus stands out in all-grades math, at 59% proficient compared with 52% at Woodland, and in fifth-grade science, at 65% versus 63%. Columbus leads in math in every tested grade, with its largest advantage in grade 5: 56% versus 46%, a 11-point gap. Woodland has a slight all-grades ELA edge—66.7% compared with 66.2%—and leads ELA in grades 3 and 5, while Columbus leads in grade 4. Goshen has the lowest reported chronic absenteeism, 5% in 2025–26; Woodland has the highest, 13%. The other three schools serve younger grades and have no test scores in the supplied data, so achievement comparisons are limited to Woodland and Columbus.
From 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA improved at both tested schools: Woodland rose 6 points and Columbus rose 9, while math fell 6 points at Woodland and 3 at Columbus. Fifth-grade science rose at both—4 points at Woodland and 6 at Columbus. SchoolDigger’s rankings were steadier for Columbus, at the 74th, 76th and 75th percentiles over the past three years, with 4 stars each year; Woodland moved from the 71st to 77th to 67th percentile, and from 4 to 3 stars in the latest year. As context, for 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible was 27% at Woodland and 22% at Columbus; their student-teacher ratios were 14.1 and 16.5, respectively. These characteristics do not by themselves explain the score differences.
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