Triopia Grade School, Concord IL

Original Research by School Decision on Triopia Grade School

Triopia Grade School serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade in Concord, a very small rural village in northwestern Morgan County. The school has an enrollment of roughly two hundred students spread across eight grade levels, with a student body that is predominantly white, reflecting the composition of the surrounding agricultural community.

The school's academic profile shows strength in the lower elementary grades and uneven results in the upper grades. In third grade, students post solid proficiency in English language arts and math. By fourth grade, proficiency in English language arts remains strong, though math begins to decline. From fifth grade onward, proficiency drops noticeably in both subjects. By sixth grade, English language arts rebounds, but math performance stays modest. The school administered a science assessment in fifth grade with results that sit at a midpoint level. Results from seventh and eighth grades are not available; the school does not serve those grades, so state testing data does not apply to them.

All students take state assessments, and participation rates are complete. The overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places this school in the top quartile when compared to other districts in Morgan County, a positioning anchored in the strong third-and-fourth-grade performance that pulls the school's average upward.

Demographic data on free-and-reduced-price lunch eligibility and counts of students with IEPs or English learner status were not available. The school receives no title-one designation. The district office does not publish recent strategic initiatives or curriculum changes that a parent would act on.

Concord itself is extremely small, with a rural character and minimal commercial infrastructure. Residents own their homes in a low-density setting focused on agriculture. No major employers are based in the village, and the broader region depends on farming and light manufacturing, with Jacksonville the nearest economic center about a dozen miles away. Housing values in the 62631 zip code are modest and have declined slightly, and mortgage affordability is relatively favorable compared to national benchmarks.

The school is a traditional public school operated by Triopia CUSD 27, which covers this rural area. Parents seeking a conventional K-6 program in a very small, homogeneous community would find a predictable structure here, though they may want to examine the fifth-grade transitions in math and literacy with the school directly, as that grade marks a consistent shift downward in both subjects.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 388%

School 88% · District 88%

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 50 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 663%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 39 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 392%

School 92% · District 92%

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 58%

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

Grade 687%

School 87% · District 87%

▲ 37 pts above state median

Science

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 63%

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

This schoolTriopia CUSD 27, 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 6Lower-income9%Higher-income18%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income29%2 pp gap