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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 62205

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362

Students

Top rankedAnnette Officer Elementary1244^th of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools

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Summary:

The 62205 zip code area of Illinois has only one elementary school, Annette Officer Elementary, which serves grades K-4 and is part of the East St Louis School District 189. This school faces significant challenges, with low academic performance, high poverty levels, and high chronic absenteeism rates.

Annette Officer Elementary's academic performance, as measured by Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exam scores, is well below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 1005 out of 2067 Illinois elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 1244 out of 2056 in 2024-2025. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 94.56%, indicating a high-poverty student population.

Despite the high poverty levels, Annette Officer Elementary has relatively high per-student spending at $27,226 for the 2023-2024 school year. However, the school still struggles with a chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%, which can negatively impact student learning and academic achievement. Overall, the data suggests that Annette Officer Elementary and the East St Louis School District 189 face significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to the students in the 62205 zip code area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				IAR English Language Arts (2025)			IAR Mathematics (2025)			% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Annette Officer Elementary	Public	K-4	558 N 27th St	East Saint Louis	62205	St. Clair County	East St Louis School District 189	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(618) 646-3970	362	25	14.4	100.0%	2 (0.6%)	354 (97.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	38.3	1244^th of 2056 public elementary schools	39.5%		46.9	1005^th of 2067 public elementary schools	51.4%	239	33.3	51.4	42.1	41.3	26.1	34.0	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	$23,698	$2,642	$21,056

Cities Near Zip Code 62205

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
East Saint Louis	0.23 mi	11	753^rd
Washington Pk	2.38 mi	1	661^st
Lovejoy	3.61 mi	3	792^nd
Centreville	3.63 mi	1
Cahokia	3.76 mi	8	790^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.

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