Depue Elem School, Depue IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Depue Elem School

DePue Elem School serves pre-K through eighth grade in a small, heavily Latino village on the Illinois River. The school is part of DePue USD 103 and enrolls a modest number of students across mixed age groups, with enrollment concentrated in the early grades and a smaller cohort in middle school. The student body is predominantly Hispanic or Latino, with small numbers of white, Asian, Black, and multiracial students. The school shares a building with the village's junior high and high school on Pleasant Street, placing it within the walkable town center rather than on a separate campus.

Academic proficiency on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) is low across both math and English language arts. In math, proficiency rates range from single digits in grades three and eight through the high school years to around one-fifth in grades five and six. Grade four math proficiency sits at zero. English language arts results are similarly weak, with proficiency rates in single digits for grades three and four, rising to roughly one-third in grades six and seven. Grade eight ELA proficiency is about one-eighth. Science proficiency, measured in grades five and eight on the Illinois Science Assessment, follows the same pattern: about one-fifth in grade five and about one-twentieth in grade eight. All participation rates are reported at full attendance for testing.

The school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Bureau County. A parent may want to look into the school's response to these results and what targeted instruction or support is in place for students in core subjects.

DePue is a former zinc-smelting company town with a complex history. The population has declined from its mid-20th-century peak and now sits at small-town scale. Housing is predominantly old single-family homes, many built before the 1940s, and ownership is relatively high. The village's defining landmark is Lake DePue and its annual boat races, which anchor civic life. Public transit is limited; most working residents commute to surrounding communities. The former industrial site, a large Superfund cleanup area, remains an ongoing environmental remediation project with a solar development underway. The village's growth trajectory is flat to declining rather than expanding.

The elementary school serves this community as an in-town institution. No data was available on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, English learner services, attendance rates, or chronic absenteeism. The district brief revealed no recent parent-relevant policy changes, curricular shifts, or tax measures to report. The school's website and program offerings were not accessible in the research data, so a parent considering the school may want to contact the district directly about specific support services, curriculum details, and any initiatives in response to the academic proficiency results.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 39%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 37 pts below state median

Grade 40%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 37 pts below state median

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 617%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 711%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 84%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 18 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 34%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 40 pts below state median

Grade 45%

School 5% · District 5%

▼ 43 pts below state median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 22 pts below state median

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 813%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 41 pts below state median

Science

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 84%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 35 pts below state median

This schoolDePue USD 103, 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.