Greenfield Elem School, Greenfield IL

Original Research by School Decision on Greenfield Elem School

Greenfield Elementary School serves grades PK through 8 in a small, rural farming community in Greene County. The school is part of Greenfield CUSD 10, a unit district encompassing a town that has held its population steady but is now declining gradually. Housing in the area is affordable, and most residents own their homes. The school sits within the compact downtown core on Prairie Street rather than on a separated campus, part of civic infrastructure centered around the traditional town square.

The school enrolls a small student body, predominantly white, with very few students of color and no English learner or free-or-reduced-price-lunch data reported. Students participate in state assessments from grade 3 through grade 8 across English language arts, mathematics, and science (in grades 5 and 8).

Proficiency outcomes show uneven performance across grades and subjects. In mathematics, third grade and sixth grade students show the strongest results, while older students in grades 7 and 8 show substantially lower proficiency. Fourth and fifth grade math proficiency is also low. English language arts performance is more variable: sixth grade students demonstrate the strongest showing, while seventh grade students perform considerably weaker. Fifth grade ELA proficiency is notably higher than the lower grades. Science proficiency in both tested grades is low. The school's overall proficiency index places it at the top of comparable districts within Greene County, though this reflects the small competitive universe rather than strong absolute performance. A parent may want to look into how the school supports the sharp drop in math proficiency between the elementary grades and middle grades.

The district recently completed a performance contracting project that included HVAC, lighting, and facility upgrades at both the elementary and high school buildings. In 2025, the district launched a formal strategic planning process to establish a multi-year academic and operational roadmap. Testing participation has been consistently high across grades, suggesting families are engaged with the assessment process.

This is a neighborhood school in a place where families know one another and the community is organized around a shared downtown. It is a setting where scale is very small and institutional options are limited, which matters both for the peer environment and for the kind of programming families can expect. The academic trajectory shows that students face challenges particularly in mathematics as they move into middle grades, something a parent should discuss directly with school leadership.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 718%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 5 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 47%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 662%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 732%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Science

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 15 pts below state median

This schoolGreenfield CUSD 10, 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.