Hutsonville Elem and Jr High Sch, Hutsonville IL

Original Research by School Decision on Hutsonville Elem and Jr High Sch

Hutsonville Elementary and Junior High School is a small public school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a rural village in Crawford County. Enrollment runs to a modest size across nine grades, with a student body that is predominantly white and drawn from a community experiencing gradual population and employment decline since the closure of the local coal-fired power plant in the mid-2010s.

The school's academic results, based on the most recent Illinois state assessments, paint an uneven portrait across grade levels and subjects. In English language arts, performance clusters toward the lower end across the third, fourth, sixth, and seventh grades, with proficiency rates falling below half. Grade five stands out in ELA with a notably higher result, while eighth grade sits at roughly the midpoint. Mathematics shows greater volatility. Third and eighth grades reach solid proficiency, seventh grade achieves above-average performance, but grades four, five, and especially sixth grade show weak results, with sixth-grade math proficiency running well below one in five students. Science results, available only for grades five and eight, diverge sharply: fifth grade lands near the midpoint while eighth grade reaches a strong proficiency rate. Test participation across the school is nearly complete.

Among Crawford County's districts, the school's overall proficiency index places it at the top quartile when measured across tested subjects and grades. Graduation rate and chronic absenteeism data were not available, as the school does not serve high school grades and attendance reporting was not provided in the available data.

The school sits in Hutsonville, a small rural village of roughly a few hundred residents along the Wabash River in the county's northern reaches. The village is car-dependent with no public transit, modest median incomes, and an elevated poverty rate. Its anchor employer, the coal power station, closed more than a decade ago, and the local workforce now concentrates in health care, manufacturing, retail, and construction, much of it outside the village itself. Employment among residents fell sharply in recent years, and the village's population has edged downward since 2020. Civic life centers on a small public library branch and village hall along Main Street.

Families choosing this school should expect a small, rural school environment serving a predominantly white community. The strength in overall proficiency ranks the school well within its county peer group, but a parent may want to examine closely the sharp dips in fourth and fifth grade math and in early elementary ELA, and work directly with the school to understand what drives the gaps between grades and what instructional approaches are in place to support struggling learners. The school's website or principal office can clarify specific programs and supports available to students across these grade bands. A parent may also want to ask about the transition to high school, as this school does not extend beyond eighth grade.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 40%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 36 pts above state median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 31 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 324%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 26 pts below state median

Grade 736%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Science

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 877%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 37 pts above state median

This schoolHutsonville CUSD 1, 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income9%Higher-income31%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income23%4 pp gap