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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 62917

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300

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Top rankedCarrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School1677^th of 2,056 Illinois elementary schools

Summary:

The 62917 zip code in Illinois is home to a single elementary school, Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 296 students. The school is part of the Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2 district, which is ranked 705 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, going from 1439 out of 2077 Illinois elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 1677 out of 2056 in 2024-2025, with a 1-star rating. The school lags behind state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels, with particularly low Mathematics and Science proficiency rates. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 46.5%, compared to the state average of 53.1%, and its Mathematics proficiency rate for all grades was only 9.7%, compared to the state average of 38.5%.

The school faces significant challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4% for the 2024-2025 school year and a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 99.32% in 2023-2024. Despite these challenges, the school has a relatively high per-student spending of $14,131 for the 2023-2024 school year and a low student-teacher ratio of 11:1, suggesting that resource allocation may not be the primary driver of its academic outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISA Science (2025)		IAR English Language Arts (2025)							IAR Mathematics (2025)							% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Pneumococcal (2024)	% Meningococcal (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	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th 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	% Pneumococcal All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	213 W Furlong St	Carrier Mills	62917	Saline County	Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 994-2413	300	28	10.7	61.0%	224 (74.7%)	25 (8.3%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (15.3%)	19.6	1677^th of 2056 public elementary schools	18.4%		25	1544^th of 2067 public elementary schools	25.3%	133	9.7	34.8	22.9	47.2	38.7	35.3	69.2	82.6	46.5	17.1	16.7	6.5	5.9	3.8	4.3	9.7	95.0	95.7	95.7	95.7	98.3	95.7	94.7	9.9	22.9	$14,912	$2,947	$11,965

Cities Near Zip Code 62917

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Carrier Mills	0.3 mi	2	689^th
Harrisburg	3.73 mi	6	569^th
Marion	10.07 mi	13	296^th
Galatia	10.47 mi	4	550^th
Pittsburg	12.47 mi	1	586^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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