The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in English language arts. The lowest is 46% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Crestwood Elem School
Crestwood Elementary serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in Paris, a small county-seat city in east-central Illinois. The school sits on US Highway 150 and draws from a community with a mix of owner-occupied homes, a walkable downtown centered on a town square, and a local economy anchored by manufacturing, health care, and retail employment.
Enrollment is small, around typical for a rural elementary school serving this grade band. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a very small number of Black and Hispanic students and a small share identifying as two or more races. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility data was not available. Special education and English learner enrollment counts were not reported.
Reading the state assessment results requires care because the school's grade band straddles tested and untested grades. Illinois assesses third, fourth, and fifth graders in both English language arts and math, and fifth graders in science. Testing data for grades six through eight was not reported, which reflects that Crestwood serves only through fifth grade; those grades are served by another district school.
In English language arts, third graders showed proficiency rates in the upper range, fifth graders performed well, and fourth graders fell to a lower level. In math, third graders showed solid proficiency, but fourth graders dipped substantially lower, and fifth graders recovered to a mid-range level. Fifth-grade science proficiency was below the midpoint. When averaged across all tested subjects and grades, Crestwood's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among the six districts in Edgar County, a meaningful strength relative to its immediate peers.
The pattern across grades suggests variable performance, with particular softness in fourth-grade math. A parent may want to look into what academic support or curriculum approaches are in place for that grade level.
The school does not report chronic absenteeism or graduation data because neither applies to an elementary school. No information on staffing, course offerings, or specific programs was available in the data provided.
Paris itself is experiencing slow population decline and has focused on industrial recruitment and workforce housing. The city's fiscal health and any recent district-level shifts in budget, curriculum, or staffing were not documented in available sources. The school operates as a regular public school within Paris Cooperative Unit School District 4.
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