The top reported proficiency rate is 42% in English language arts. The lowest is 35% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on New Holland-middletown Elem Sch
New Holland-Middletown Elementary School is a small, prekindergarten-through-eighth-grade public school serving a rural community in the central Illinois grain belt. The school enrolls approximately mid-sized for its grade span, with roughly equal representation across grades, though fourth-grade enrollment is notably smaller than in other years.
The school's student body is predominantly white, with the community reflecting the character of a very small, mainly residential rural village. Specific data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and English learner enrollment were not available, nor were counts for students with individualized education programs. The locale brief indicates no fixed-route public transit and minimal commercial street life; most families own their homes and the village has a traditional farm-country feel anchored by a historic town square.
State testing results for the most recent school year show proficiency rates that vary noticeably by grade and subject. In third grade, both math and English language arts students reached proficiency rates around the middle range; fourth grade showed much lower results in both subjects, while sixth grade showed low proficiency in math but mid-range performance in English language arts. Testing data for fifth, seventh, and eighth grades in most subjects were not reported, which may reflect small cohort sizes or absences from available data. Science assessment data for the tested grades (fifth and eighth) were also not reported. A parent may want to look into the school's recent performance trends and the factors behind the variation in proficiency rates across grades, particularly the notably low fourth-grade results.
Relative to other districts in Logan County, the school's overall proficiency index sits at the bottom quartile, meaning its combined performance across tested subjects and grades trails the county median. Four-year graduation rate and chronic absenteeism rate data were not applicable, as the school does not serve high school grades.
The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet school. The parent district is New Holland-Middletown ED 88, a small single-school district. No data on special programs, course offerings, staffing, or attendance patterns were provided. The school occupies a historic setting in a village whose population is stable or slowly declining, with no major new housing developments identified in the area.
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