The top reported proficiency rate is 75% in English language arts. The lowest is 53% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Carterville Intermediate Sch
Carterville Intermediate School serves grades four through six in a small public school within Carterville Community Unit School District 5, located in Williamson County between Carbondale and Marion in southern Illinois. The school enrolls just over five hundred students, with a student body that is predominantly white, alongside smaller shares of students identifying as Asian, multiracial, Hispanic, and Black.
On state testing under Illinois' IAR and ISA assessments, the school shows variable performance across grades and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency rises from around seventy percent in fourth grade to above eighty percent by sixth grade, a positive trajectory that suggests students are building literacy skills as they progress. Math proficiency is mixed: fourth graders reach near two-thirds proficiency, fifth graders exceed seventy percent, but sixth graders dip back to around sixty percent, indicating some softness in early middle-grade mathematics. Science proficiency at the fifth-grade level where it is tested sits at about fifty-three percent, which is the school's softest area and a place a parent may want to look into further with the school. Grade three data for this intermediate school is not available, likely because this school does not serve that grade. Testing data for seventh and eighth grades is also not available, consistent with the school's grade band; those grades appear to be served elsewhere in the district.
The school's overall proficiency index positions it in the top quartile among the seven districts that make up Williamson County, indicating its academic standing is above the regional median. Participation rates in the tested grades are strong, near one hundred percent, showing reliable assessment completion.
Carterville itself is a residential bedroom community with a historic three-block downtown and a strong small-town identity anchored by the school district, community landmarks like the recently expanded Anne West Lindsey District Library, and proximity to Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. The town is experiencing steady residential growth, with new apartment complexes like Woodland Crossing marketed as being just blocks from the newer Carterville High School. Housing values in the zip code reflect a modestly priced real estate market relative to state and national benchmarks, and rental costs remain relatively affordable as a percentage of local household income. The economic base has shifted from coal mining to health care, education, retail, and production, with John A. Logan College serving as a major regional employer and anchor institution. No substantial recent district-level changes in referenda, property tax policy, or pedagogy were identified in available sources.
Carterville Intermediate feeds into the broader district structure and prepares students for secondary education. The school is a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation. Free and reduced-price lunch data, special education enrollment, and English learner populations were not available in the data provided. A parent seeking enrollment information or looking for details about program breadth, extracurricular offerings, or staffing composition should contact the school or district directly.
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