The top reported proficiency rate is 70% in English language arts. The lowest is 29% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Prairie Du Rocher Elem School
Prairie Du Rocher Elementary School serves grades pre-K through eight in a small rural village in Randolph County, Illinois. The school sits at the center of civic life in Prairie du Rocher, a historic French colonial settlement along the Mississippi floodplain, where most residents own their homes and the economy centers on agriculture and small business.
The school enrolls a small population across its grades. Enrollment is quite modest overall, with roughly half the student body in the primary grades and the remainder spread across middle school. The student body is predominantly white, with nearly all students from the immediate village and surrounding area. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and counts of students with IEPs or English learners were not reported, so details about economic need or special populations cannot be assessed from the data provided.
State assessment results from the current school year paint an uneven picture. In third-grade math and English language arts, the school's proficiency rates are above the midpoint among Randolph County school districts. Third-grade math proficiency is notably strong. By sixth and seventh grade, results diverge: sixth-grade language arts proficiency and eighth-grade results in both subjects remain solid, but sixth-grade math and especially seventh-grade math show lower attainment. Science results at eighth grade are quite limited. Overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades places the school in the top quartile within its county, but this reflects strength in the early grades that does not uniformly continue.
Fourth and fifth grade state test results are missing from the data, which may reflect a small cohort size or an issue with reporting at those grade levels; a parent may want to contact the school directly to understand what assessment data exists for those years. The state changed proficiency cut scores in the current assessment system, which is noted in the data, so comparison to prior years' results would not be straightforward.
The school serves as a K-8 building in a community where high school students must travel to a neighboring town. This means the school is the sole K-8 public school serving the village and forms part of the social fabric for families with young children. The setting is quiet and agricultural, with no major new housing development documented; the village itself has experienced gradual population decline over the past decade, so enrollment trends have likely been flat or slowly shrinking. Housing values in the area are well below state and national medians, and property is relatively affordable on the local market.
No information about specific academic programs, course offerings, staffing, or attendance rates was available in the data provided. The district itself is quite small and serves only this one school, and no parent-relevant recent changes such as curriculum shifts or facility investments were identified in publicly available sources. The school operates as a conventional public elementary school with no charter or magnet designation.
For families in Prairie du Rocher, this is the only K-8 option. The school's strengths lie in early elementary proficiency, particularly in math, though middle school results suggest that performance becomes more mixed as students progress. Parents considering this school should seek conversation with the building directly about the nature of instruction, support for students who fall below proficiency, and what student outcomes look like beyond state test scores, since the data itself is sparse in those areas.
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