Colona Grade School, Colona IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Colona Grade School

Colona Grade School serves prekindergarten through eighth grade in a small city at the eastern edge of the Quad Cities. The school is located in the heart of Colona along residential streets near the Hennepin Canal Parkway, which runs through town and anchors local recreation and neighborhood life. It sits in Colona SD 190, a single-school district covering the western portion of the city; families living east of the interstate attend Geneseo schools instead.

The enrollment is small, around a few hundred students distributed across ten grades. The student body is predominantly white with a modest Hispanic population and smaller representation from other groups. Data on free and reduced-price meals and on English learner or special education populations was not available, so parents looking to understand these specific services may want to reach out to the school directly.

Colona Grade School's academic performance on state assessments shows consistent challenges across subjects. In English language arts, third grade performs somewhat stronger, with just over half meeting state proficiency standards, while performance drops substantially in the upper grades. Fourth and fifth graders hover in the mid-range; sixth, seventh, and eighth graders fall well below midpoint. In mathematics, the pattern is steeper decline from lower to upper grades: third grade is around 42 percent proficient, but by sixth grade it falls to roughly one in five, and seventh and eighth grades are in the teens. Science proficiency, assessed in fifth and eighth grades, shows fifth grade near 46 percent and eighth grade near 24 percent. Across tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Henry County.

All students participate in testing at near or complete rates, which means the proficiency numbers reflect actual performance rather than absent students. Illinois made changes to cut scores across subjects in this assessment year, so direct year-to-year comparison is not available from the data.

The school operates in Colona, a city of roughly a few thousand residents with a primarily residential character and modest commercial corridor along Highway 84. The community has been growing incrementally through subdivisions on the south and edges of town and maintains three tax increment finance districts signaling active development posture. Median home values in the area run modestly below state benchmarks. The city's civic life centers on the Hennepin Canal Parkway and accompanying bike paths, as well as city parks, the public library, and MetroLINK bus service connecting to the broader Quad Cities. It is a quiet, small-town setting close enough to regional employment centers.

A parent considering this school should recognize that current achievement data shows below-average performance, particularly in mathematics at the upper grade levels. While third and fourth graders in ELA perform better than students in higher grades, the general trajectory and the comparison to county peers suggest academic support and intervention are important questions to explore with the school. The school offers a traditional K-8 structure, so students transition to a high school outside the district in ninth grade. For families in the western part of Colona seeking a neighborhood elementary and middle school in a small-town setting, this school is walkable and embedded in daily community life; understanding the current academic supports and school's plans for improvement would be central to a realistic view of what to expect.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 43%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 714%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 5 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 12 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 47%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 711%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 40 pts below state median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 20 pts below state median

Science

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 15 pts below state median

This schoolColona SD 190, 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.