Eastwood Elem School, East Alton IL

Original Research by School Decision on Eastwood Elem School

Eastwood Elementary is a small district school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in East Alton, a modest Madison County village historically tied to manufacturing. The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly white, with a meaningful share of Black students and a small percentage of students of multiple races; Asian and Hispanic representation is minimal. The neighborhood around Eastwood is residential, part of a village that has experienced population decline but is investing in new housing through the Emerald Ridge affordable development. Housing values in the area are notably below state and national medians, making it an affordable market for families seeking entry-level or modest homeownership.

Academically, Eastwood's proficiency results are below the midpoint among Madison County districts. In English language arts, third-grade students showed about one-quarter proficiency, fourth grade about one-quarter, and fifth grade about two-fifths. Math results ran lower: third grade around one-quarter proficiency, fourth grade around one-seventh, and fifth grade around one-sixth. Science testing, available only for fifth grade, showed proficiency near one-fifth. These outcomes place the school in the bottom quartile when measured against other schools in Madison County. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores for the 2024-25 school year, so comparison with prior years is not available in the data.

The school operates as a regular public elementary within East Alton School District 13, a small district serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The district brief contained no documentation of recent major referendums, tax-base changes, or new curricula with clearly identifiable parent-relevant shifts, so the school's instructional direction and any ongoing initiatives are not described in the available material. Enrollment is small, around 403 students across the six grades, with nearly equal distribution across most grade levels. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch data was not reported, so family income patterns and economic need cannot be characterized from the available figures.

A parent considering Eastwood should know that proficiency is low relative to county comparisons, particularly in math, and may want to reach out to the school directly to understand how it is addressing these results, what supports exist for students who are not yet proficient, and what curriculum or teaching practices are in use. The school serves a small, stable, and racially mixed enrollment in an affordable residential area. East Alton itself offers parks, a public library, and transit service through Madison County Transit, and the village is anchored by the Olin Corporation's Winchester operation and nearby commerce along Airline Drive. For families prioritizing walkability or dense civic amenities, East Alton's car-oriented layout along arterial roads means most errands and activities require driving.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 23%

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

Grade 414%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 17%

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

English language arts

Grade 327%

School 27% · District 27%

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

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Science

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

This schoolEast Alton SD 13, 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.