Summary:
ZIP code 62535 has one school, Maroa-Forsyth Grade School, serving prekindergarten through grade 5, with 593 students. Its reported test results cover grades 3–5, and its latest all-grades ELA and math results and 5th-grade science result are all above Illinois averages. The clearest standout is math: the school’s 2025–26 proficiency was 61%, compared with 40% statewide, an advantage of 21 points.
There are no other schools in the ZIP-code list to rank against it, but grade-level results show where the school is strongest and where results are less far ahead of the state. Grade 4 stands out: ELA proficiency was 83%, 27 points above the state, and math was 71%, 29 points above. The smallest advantage was in 3rd-grade ELA, at 4 points. Results varied more across tested grades in ELA, ranging from 52% to 83% (a 31-point spread), than in math, which ranged from 53% to 71% (18 points).
Results improved in both all-grades subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 3 points and math rose 5 points. The ELA lead over the state remained 11 points, while the math lead widened from 18 to 21 points. Fifth-grade science rose from 38% to 68%, a 30-point increase; this is a sharp change across two reported years, not evidence of a sustained trend. Chronic absenteeism was 12%, below the district’s 13% and Illinois’ 24%. SchoolDigger placed the school at the 75th percentile statewide in 2025–26; it lists Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2 at the 78th percentile and rates the district four stars. Other context figures are a 15.1 student-teacher ratio and 34% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. With only one school listed, the data cannot support school-to-school comparisons.
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