The top reported proficiency rate is 61% in English language arts. The lowest is 55% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Eisenhower Elem School
Eisenhower Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Jacksonville, a small county-seat city in west-central Illinois. The school sits in a community anchored by a historic downtown square and ringed by residential neighborhoods, with several educational institutions and a mixed manufacturing and healthcare employment base. Jacksonville's recent decade has focused on incremental downtown revitalization rather than rapid growth, supported by tax-increment financing and preservation efforts.
The school enrolls a modest population with a racial and ethnic composition heavily weighted toward white students, a smaller cohort of Asian, Black, and Hispanic students, and very small numbers of students identifying as Native American or Pacific Islander. Free-or-reduced-price lunch status was not reported, making it unclear what share of families qualify for subsidized meals. English learner enrollment and special education counts were also not available in the data provided.
On the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), Eisenhower's performance in 2024-25 shows a mixed picture across grades and subjects. In English language arts, fourth-grade students performed strongest, with about half or more reaching proficiency across grades three through five. Third grade showed slightly lower results. In mathematics, fourth grade again outperformed, while third and fifth grades showed lower rates of proficiency. A science assessment was administered only to fifth grade, where about half the students met the proficiency benchmark. The school maintained near-universal test participation across grades, suggesting strong attendance during assessment windows. Because the state changed proficiency cut scores this year, comparisons to prior years are not reliable. Fourth grade stands out as the strongest performing grade band in both subjects; younger and older elementary grades show more variation in how many students meet state benchmarks.
Among Morgan County school districts, Eisenhower's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile, a position that reflects above-median academic standing in its immediate regional context. The school does not serve high school grades, so graduation rate and chronic absenteeism data do not apply.
The district has undertaken a large-scale facilities program over the past several years, with substantial renovations and upgrades across multiple elementary and middle schools, including Eisenhower. These projects were funded through bond sales repaid with sales-tax revenue and federal COVID-relief funds, without increasing property taxes. The district has also announced plans for a new elementary building in the Murrayville-Woodson area, expected to open by fall 2027. In December 2024, the district approved a modest increase to its annual tax levy along with bond financing for this new project; Illinois's property-tax growth cap limits the practical impact on homeowners, though levy changes of this kind are the type of district financial decisions that families and prospective homebuyers typically track.
The school's enrollment of about this size for its grade band reflects the broader Jacksonville area, a place of stable rather than expanding population where housing ranges from 19th-century homes to newer construction, and where home values are notably below state and national medians. For a parent choosing between elementary schools in the Jacksonville area, Eisenhower offers a recently renovated facility and academic performance that ranks solidly within its county context, though individual grade-level results suggest a parent may want to look into the specific supports and curriculum in the younger and older elementary grades to understand performance variation.
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