John Greer Elem School, Hoopeston IL

Original Research by School Decision on John Greer Elem School

John Greer Elementary serves grades three through five in Hoopeston, a small rural city in Vermilion County rooted in agriculture and food manufacturing. The school sits within a compact town setting, not on a remote campus; Main Street downtown and McFerren Park, the civic gathering space, are both within the same urban footprint. Hoopeston's population is stable-to-declining and its economy has shifted toward health care and services as canning operations consolidated; housing is affordable, with median prices well below state and national benchmarks. The school serves a student population that is mostly white, with a smaller share of Hispanic and Black students; state assessment data for free-or-reduced-price lunch and special education enrollment were not available.

The school's state test results show uneven performance across subjects and grades. In English language arts, third graders show stronger proficiency around the midpoint, fourth graders reach above the midpoint, and fifth graders sit close to the midpoint. Math performance is noticeably weaker: third grade is near the midpoint, but fourth and fifth grades both fall well below it. A fifth-grade science assessment also shows low proficiency. The school tests at near-perfect participation rates, so these figures reflect the full cohort. Across all three tested grades in math and English, John Greer's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in Vermilion County, a position grounded in the fact that math and reading proficiency vary considerably across the county, and John Greer's combined performance sits above the county median. That said, the individual subject results within grade bands merit attention, especially fourth- and fifth-grade math where proficiency is notably low. A parent considering this school may want to inquire directly with staff about math instruction and support in the upper elementary grades.

The district recently completed a substantial capital project funded through federal pandemic-relief dollars that brought air conditioning to classrooms and the band room, renovated restrooms at John Greer, and added a cafeteria at the high school. The work was completed without raising local taxes or incurring new debt, improving the physical learning environment across all four district buildings. John Greer is a regular public school within a small, stable school system that serves a blue-collar community where locally owned businesses and food manufacturing still anchor the local economy.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 424%

School 24% · District 24%

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

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 58%

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

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 49%

▼ 3 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolHoopeston Area CUSD 11, 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.