Judith Giacoma Elem School, Westville IL

Original Research by School Decision on Judith Giacoma Elem School

Judith Giacoma Elementary School is a public school serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in Westville, a small rural village in Vermilion County. The school enrolls just under a mid-sized enrollment for its grade band, with roughly balanced numbers across grades and a student body that is predominantly white, with smaller shares of students of two or more races and Hispanic heritage.

The school's performance on state assessments shows mixed and uneven results across grades and subjects. In English language arts, fourth grade is the highest performer at around mid-range proficiency, while sixth grade holds at just above one-third of students meeting standards. Fifth grade stands notably higher at roughly half proficient in ELA. Third and sixth grades fall below one-fifth proficiency in ELA. In mathematics, the pattern is more fragmented. Fourth grade reaches near one-half proficiency, while fifth grade sits around one-quarter. Third and sixth grades both fall well below one-fifth proficiency in math, with sixth grade at one-tenth. In science, only fifth grade has a reported result, at roughly one-third proficiency. Performance data for seventh and eighth grades are not available; the school serves only through sixth grade, so no graduation rate applies. A parent may want to look into the school's instructional approaches in grades three and six, where both ELA and math results are notably lower, to understand whether targeted support is in place for students in those cohorts.

The school participates fully in state testing with participation rates at or above one-half of students across tested grades. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data and special education enrollment counts were not available, so a reader cannot assess the share of economically disadvantaged or special-needs students from the data provided.

Westville itself is a declining rural village oriented primarily toward Danville, located about a short distance away along a state highway. The village is residential and auto-dependent, with commercial activity concentrated along the highway strip and a small brick downtown core housing the library, police, and municipal offices. The local school district is among the village's larger employers. Housing values in the area are below the state median, and the median household income is modest. Population has drifted downward year over year, and the village is characterized more by infill housing initiatives on vacant lots than new development. Compared to other districts in Vermilion County, Judith Giacoma's proficiency index falls below the midpoint of the county's schools.

No data on special programs, course offerings, staffing, or attendance patterns were available. The district brief indicated no recent major policy or curriculum changes of parent-relevant scope.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 27%

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

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 318%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 39%

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

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 49%

▼ 3 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 637%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 14 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 37%

even with state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

This schoolWestville CUSD 2, 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.