Avon Elem Sch, Avon IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Avon Elem Sch

Avon Elem Sch serves preschool through first grade in a consolidated campus that opened in fall 2024 in Avon, a small declining rural village in Fulton County, Illinois. The school is part of Abingdon-Avon CUSD 276, which also operates a middle school on the same campus.

The enrollment is small, with students distributed across three early grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller presence of Black and Hispanic students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so family income levels cannot be assessed from this profile. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were also not provided.

The most recent state assessment results available are from 2020-21 and reflect performance in grades three through five, though some students in those grades may have been older when tested or the results may represent a snapshot during pandemic disruption. In math, proficiency rates across tested grades were very low, ranging from none in fourth grade to modest performance in third grade. English language arts results were similarly weak. Science assessment proficiency rates for grade five were suppressed due to small numbers, though a scale score was available. The assessment itself changed that year, limiting comparison to prior or subsequent years. Participation rates in some grades were below full engagement.

The school's overall proficiency index placed it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Fulton County, according to publicly reported comparative data. A parent may want to look into further with the school and district what instructional changes or supports have been implemented since 2020-21, and what more recent performance trends show.

The village itself is economically modest. Housing values in the local zip code are below the state benchmark, and the median home sale price sits at a level suggesting affordability challenges at middle-income thresholds. The area remains agricultural, with limited local employment; most residents commute out for work. The village has experienced population decline over recent decades, with no major new residential development underway.

The district placed a property tax levy on the ballot in April 2025 to fund building improvements, a measure that signals facility concerns and has implications for local tax bills. The newly consolidated campus itself represents a structural change for Avon-area families, centralizing elementary and middle students in one location rather than separate buildings.

For families considering the area, this is a very small, rural elementary school in a village experiencing demographic and economic contraction. Early assessment data suggests academic performance gaps that warrant conversation with school staff about current instruction and trajectory. The school's extremely small size offers close-knit community feel but limited peer volume across grades. Parents should ask the district directly about recent assessment trends and the instructional supports in place for early literacy and numeracy, since the 2020-21 results were notably weak.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 52% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 51% · ▼ 51 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 32% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 37%

School 7% · District 36% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 54% · ▼ 54 pts below district

▼ 48 pts below state median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 65% · ▼ 40 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median

This schoolAbingdon-Avon CUSD 276, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income0%Higher-income0%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income10%Higher-income40%30 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income0%Higher-income33%33 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income0%Higher-income20%20 pp gap