Elmwood Elem School, Elmwood IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Elmwood Elem School

Elmwood Elementary School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in a small rural town in Peoria County. The school has an enrollment of just over three hundred students, with a student body that is predominantly white and drawn from a community with a mostly residential character. The town of Elmwood sits about twenty-five miles from the Peoria metro area and is defined by a small walkable downtown around a town square and Central Park, plus rural surroundings where most travel is by car.

The school's recent state assessment results show mixed academic performance across grade levels and subjects. In math, third-grade students posted the strongest proficiency rate, while proficiency declines steadily through the upper elementary grades; by sixth grade, roughly half of students meet the math standard. English language arts shows more volatility: fourth and sixth graders perform well, but third graders and especially fifth graders fall below the midpoint. In fifth-grade science, proficiency is lower still, around four in ten students. Across all tested grades and subjects, the school's overall proficiency index sits in the top quartile relative to districts in Peoria County, meaning it performs above the median. All students participate in state assessments, and the school reports full or near-full participation rates. A parent may want to look into the downward trend in math proficiency as students move toward middle school and the particularly low performance in fifth-grade language arts and science.

The school is positioned within the town itself rather than on a separated outlying campus, on North Morgan Street a few blocks from the downtown square. The locale is classified as rural, and the area reads as genuinely rural in character, with mixed white-collar and blue-collar employment, retirees, and most residents owning homes. Housing values in the zip code are modest and have risen modestly over the past year; mortgages on the median home would run roughly in line with national affordability standards. The town's population has held roughly steady or declined slightly over recent years, with mostly older housing stock and incremental rather than rapid development.

Data on free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, English learner enrollment, special education enrollment, and other student support details were not available. The school's website address was not provided. No recent major district changes with clear parent impact were found in available sources, though the district announced a strategic plan in mid-2025. A parent considering Elmwood Elementary should ask the school directly about its instructional approach to math and language arts in the upper elementary grades, its support services, and any initiatives tied to the district plan.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 369%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 52%

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

English language arts

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 483%

School 83% · District 83%

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

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 41%

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

Grade 679%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Science

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

This schoolElmwood CUSD 322, 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.