Community Cons School, Pinckneyville IL

Original Research by School Decision on Community Cons School

Community Cons School is a small public elementary and middle school in Pinckneyville, Illinois, serving pre-K through eighth grade in a rural county-seat setting. The enrollment is roughly midsize for its grade span, with a roughly evenly distributed student body across the ten grade levels. The school is part of CCSD 204, a single-school district.

The student population is overwhelmingly white, with very small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic groups. The school's free-or-reduced-price lunch status and special populations data were not available, so a parent may want to reach out to the school directly to understand the economic composition and support infrastructure for students with disabilities or English-language needs.

On state assessments administered in 2025, the school shows uneven performance across grades and subjects. In English language arts, the school displays strength in the lower elementary grades—grade four proficiency runs substantially higher—but then drops considerably in the upper grades, particularly in grades six and seven where proficiency is very low. Mathematics proficiency is consistently weaker across the board, starting below in grade three and declining further as students progress, with grades five through eight all showing low proficiency. Science testing occurs only in grades five and eight; grade five science is at about the midpoint while grade eight science is slightly below. Across all tested grade levels and subjects, the school's overall proficiency index is above the midpoint when compared to other districts in Perry County, though this reflects the particular composition of tested grades rather than strong absolute performance. The pattern suggests that students struggle more visibly with mathematics than with reading, and that proficiency falls off noticeably in the upper middle grades.

Participation in state testing is very high across most grades and subjects, with most grades at full participation. Grade three shows slightly lower participation in both math and reading, at about ninety percent.

The school serves a declining, rural agricultural area. Pinckneyville is the county seat of Perry County in southern Illinois, a slowly shrinking community built around a traditional downtown square with a courthouse and library. The immediate region is farmland and state recreation area. The housing stock is predominantly older single-family homes, and population has been declining gradually over recent decades. The largest employers in the area are the state correctional facility, a power plant, and healthcare and banking institutions; manufacturing employment is present but limited. Nearby Rend Lake College offers post-secondary access, and public transit connects Pinckneyville to larger centers like Carbondale and Du Quoin, though service is limited. The character of the place is blue-collar, rural, and economically stable but not expansive.

No recent district-level operational changes, curriculum initiatives, or major referenda were identified in available sources, so you may want to check the school's or district's website for current priorities and any recent updates.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 616%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 8 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 477%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 29 pts above state median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 616%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 34 pts below state median

Grade 728%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 13 pts below state median

Science

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 5 pts above state median

This schoolCCSD 204, 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.