Summary:
Zip code 62278 has one elementary school, Red Bud Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 8 and enrolling 582 students. The school’s 2025–26 all-grades ELA result was 55%, about 1 point below Illinois, while mathematics was 34%, 6 points below the state. Mathematics is the clearest overall academic shortfall.
Because the list has only one school, there is no top or bottom among schools to compare. Within Red Bud, however, results vary notably by grade: grade 3 mathematics was 55%, 6 points above the state, while grade 6 mathematics was 25%, 11 points below. ELA also had a high and low point: grade 6 was 64%, 5 points above the state, and grade 7 was 47%, 10 points below. Science showed a similar contrast, with grade 5 at 34%, 14 points below the state, and grade 8 at 55%, 4 points above.
Recent results moved in different directions by subject and grade. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, all-grades ELA at Red Bud fell from 62% to 55%, while the state rose from 53% to 56%; mathematics dipped from 35% to 34%, while the state increased from 39% to 40%. Grade 8 science improved from 48% to 55%, in contrast to grade 5, which declined from 39% to 34%. SchoolDigger gives the school 2 stars and a 37th-percentile ranking for 2025–26, down from the 68th percentile in 2023–24. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 8%, compared with 24% statewide; 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, and the 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 13.3.
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