Annawan Grade School, Annawan IL

Original Research by School Decision on Annawan Grade School

Annawan Grade School serves children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a small rural village in Henry County, Illinois. The school enrolled a small number of students across its grade span, with enrollment distributed fairly evenly through the lower grades and a concentration in the middle school years. The student body is predominantly white, with minimal racial and ethnic diversity. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, English learner enrollment, and special education enrollment were not available.

The school's academic performance shows a clear pattern: reading and language arts proficiency is noticeably stronger than math. In English language arts, the school reports solid to strong results in most grades tested, with particularly high proficiency in fifth through eighth grade. In mathematics, performance is substantially weaker, especially in the upper middle grades. Third grade math proficiency is moderate, fourth grade dips to about half of students meeting state standards, fifth grade recovers slightly above two-thirds, and then sixth grade and beyond see steeper declines, with sixth grade particularly low. Science proficiency, available only for fifth and eighth grades, falls in the middle-to-lower range. Student participation in state assessments is near universal across subjects and grades, indicating consistent testing engagement.

The school sits in a village setting where housing values are well below the Illinois state median and below the national benchmark, making it an affordable area. The village itself has experienced flat to slight population decline, though leadership has invested substantially in infrastructure improvements. The dominant local employer is an ethanol plant, and the area is predominantly car-dependent with no fixed-route public transit. Annawan's economic profile reflects rural Illinois character: median household income is moderate, unemployment is stable, and employment centers lie in nearby towns like Geneseo and Kewanee.

The broader district context matters for families. Annawan CUSD 226 has experienced sustained enrollment decline over recent years and is restructuring athletic offerings, including cancelling the high school girls basketball program and moving toward co-ops with a neighboring district. This reflects the demographic pressures facing the community and may signal expectations about future school staffing and program scope. A parent may want to look into the district's long-term planning and any anticipated changes to elementary and middle school offerings as enrollment continues to adjust.

Among the county's districts in Henry County, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile, driven primarily by strong language arts performance. The data do not include information on special program access, course electives, or student support services beyond state assessments.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 369%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 32%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 19 pts above state median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 38%

▲ 15 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 372%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 589%

School 89% · District 89%

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 676%

School 76% · District 76%

▲ 26 pts above state median

Grade 784%

School 84% · District 84%

▲ 33 pts above state median

Grade 880%

School 80% · District 80%

▲ 27 pts above state median

Science

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 10 pts above state median

This schoolAnnawan CUSD 226, 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 5Lower-income60%Higher-income82%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income18%Higher-income71%52 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income36%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income9%Higher-income41%32 pp gap