Rome Comm Cons Elem School, Dix IL

Original Research by School Decision on Rome Comm Cons Elem School

Rome Community Consolidated Elementary School in Dix serves children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a quiet rural village in northern Jefferson County. The school is the sole school in its district and anchors civic life in its small community.

The school's recent test data show uneven performance across grades and subjects. In English language arts, results are stronger in the earlier and middle grades: third grade reaches a healthy level of proficiency, fourth and fifth grades hold solid ground, and seventh grade stands out as a particular strength. Sixth and eighth grades show more modest results. Mathematics presents a different picture. Third grade performs at about the midpoint, but performance drops sharply in the fourth and fifth grades, with particularly low results in fifth grade. Sixth and eighth grades remain weak. Seventh grade recovers somewhat, suggesting variability across the grade span. In science, proficiency in both tested grades (fifth and eighth) hovers around the midpoint. A parent may want to look into how the school is addressing the pronounced weakness in grades four through six mathematics, and whether there are supports in place to close that gap before students enter high school.

Across all tested grades and subjects, Rome scores in the top quartile among districts in Jefferson County on overall proficiency, a strength worth noting. All students participate in state testing at high rates. The student body is predominantly white, with small populations from other backgrounds, reflecting the demographics of the rural community. Enrollment is distributed fairly evenly across grades, totaling about three hundred students. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility and on students with individualized education plans are not available, making it harder to assess economic need or special-education capacity.

The school sits in a setting that is genuinely rural and car-dependent. Dix itself is a very small village centered on Illinois Route 37, with a population that has remained essentially flat for decades. The village grew originally as a farming community and trading center, and agriculture remains the dominant local economic activity. The day-to-day landscape is residential and quiet, with the school building anchoring South Street. High school students leave Dix, as the grade-school district feeds into three different high school districts. Nearby larger employment and services are in Mount Vernon, about nine miles south.

The school lacks data on programs, staffing, attendance, and discipline, so there is little public record of what courses, electives, or clubs it offers beyond the core curriculum, or of school culture and support systems. The district itself is small and no significant recent changes in curriculum, governance, or funding were publicly documented. For families considering this school, that thinness of available information itself matters: it suggests either minimal public communication or a truly minimal set of specialized offerings. A parent should plan to contact the school directly to understand what breadth of academic support, enrichment, or specialized instruction is available, especially given the test-score patterns in mathematics.

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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 · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 747%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 29%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 771%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 51%

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

This schoolRome CCSD 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.