The top reported proficiency rate is 51% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Hartsburg-emden Jr-sr High School
Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High School serves students in grades six through twelve in a small, rural consolidated district spanning two farming villages in central Illinois. The school sits in Hartsburg proper, a very small predominantly residential agricultural community with minimal commercial footprint, about a short drive north of Lincoln, the county seat.
The school is small, with an enrollment of around ninety students spread across seven grades. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a few students of Hispanic and Black descent. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so family income profile cannot be assessed from the data provided. Special education and English learner counts are also not reported in the available information.
State testing results present a clear academic picture. In mathematics, sixth-grade proficiency sits well below the midpoint for Logan County schools, and seventh-grade math proficiency is similarly low. Eighth-grade math data was not available. In English language arts, sixth-grade proficiency is closer to the county midpoint, while seventh-grade ELA performance is notably weaker. Science testing data for grades five and eight are missing from the available state reports. Overall, the school's proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quartile relative to the other districts in Logan County.
Graduation rate and chronic absenteeism data were not provided, so completion and attendance patterns cannot be assessed. State testing covers only elementary and middle grades at this school; high school academic outcomes are not measured by the state assessment system and so do not appear in the data.
The district itself has not reported significant recent operational changes or strategic shifts that would reshape the school's profile or trajectory. The two-town consolidated arrangement means families in either Hartsburg or Emden send their secondary students to this building.
A parent considering this school should understand it as a small-town school serving a rural, agriculturally-centered region with low current proficiency results in tested grades. The school's academic standing, particularly in middle-grade mathematics, runs below its county peers. A parent may want to discuss directly with the school what instructional supports, course structures, and post-secondary pathways are available, especially for high school grades where state testing does not provide a public measure of achievement.
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