Adams School, Creal Springs IL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Adams School

Adams School is a small PreK-8 school of about 260 students in Creal Springs, a very small rural village in southeastern Illinois about an hour south of central Illinois. It sits on the main village street and serves the immediate community and surrounding area as part of Marion CUSD 2.

The school's academic profile is uneven across grade levels. In the early grades, third and fourth graders show strong reading proficiency, with nearly all fourth graders reading at grade level or above. Math in the early grades is similarly solid, with third graders at about 85 percent proficiency and fourth graders at about 88 percent. By fifth grade, both subjects remain respectable, though reading drops to about 81 percent and math to about 64 percent. From sixth grade onward, the picture weakens significantly. Math proficiency falls sharply: sixth graders sit at about 28 percent proficiency, seventh graders at about 45 percent, and eighth graders at about 32 percent. Reading remains somewhat more stable in the middle grades, ranging from about 56 to 79 percent proficiency across grades 6 through 8, though this still represents a notable drop from the elementary trend. Science proficiency is mixed; fifth graders score at about 67 percent while eighth graders are at about 52 percent.

A parent may want to look into this further with the school. The sharp decline in math proficiency in grades 6 and above is a material shift from the elementary performance. Understanding what changes in instruction, student population, or curriculum happen at that transition may help frame expectations and identify whether additional support would be useful for a middle-grade student.

In terms of overall performance relative to other districts in Williamson County, Adams School's combined proficiency index places it in the top quartile among schools in the county, reflecting the strength of its early-grade results.

The school's student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, and English learners was not available. The school draws from a town of modest size with very low population density, high homeownership, and a car-dependent character. Housing costs in the area are moderate to low, and the community has experienced long-term population decline from its 19th-century heyday as a mineral-springs resort town, though it has stabilized in recent decades. Median home values are in the low-to-mid range. No major recent changes to the district were identified in available sources.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 385%

School 85% · District 73% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median

Grade 488%

School 88% · District 68% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 51 pts above state median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 59% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 29% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 32% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 35% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 370%

School 70% · District 62% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median

Grade 492%

School 92% · District 76% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 69% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 47% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 779%

School 79% · District 40% · ▲ 40 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median

Grade 871%

School 71% · District 52% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median

Science

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 50% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 34% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median

This schoolMarion CUSD 2, 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.