The top reported proficiency rate is 64% in English language arts. The lowest is 48% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Shiloh Elementary School
Shiloh Elementary serves preK through grade 3 in a rapidly growing suburban village in St. Clair County, Illinois, just east of St. Louis. The school's enrollment is small, with around a fourth of that concentrated in the preK and kindergarten grades. The student body is racially diverse, with a white plurality, a substantial Black enrollment, and smaller Asian and multiracial populations. Demographic data on students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, English learners, and students with IEPs were not available.
On state testing, Shiloh Elementary shows a mixed profile in reading and math. In grade 3 English language arts, about two-thirds of students achieved proficiency on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness. Math results in the same grade fell lower, with roughly half the students meeting the proficiency bar. Grade 4 and above testing data are not available from the school, which aligns with the school's grade configuration stopping at grade 3. When measured against the proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades, the school sits above the median among districts in St. Clair County.
The wider context matters here. Shiloh itself is undergoing rapid residential and commercial expansion. The village has grown substantially over recent decades and continues to add master-planned subdivisions and retail corridors. The housing market is showing modest growth, with home values and rental prices increasing modestly year over year. The dominant local employer is Scott Air Force Base, adjacent to the village, which gives the community a military-family demographic alongside suburban professionals. Memorial Hospital Shiloh and the Green Mount Road commercial corridor (anchored by national chains) are other major employment centers.
District-level changes and strategic priorities were not readily available in public reporting, so little can be said about shifts in curriculum, pedagogy, or capital spending. The school itself appears to operate within a small district serving this particular portion of Shiloh's rapidly expanding residential base. A parent considering this school may want to look into the district's instructional focus in early grades, its approach to math support given the proficiency gap between reading and math, and how it plans to accommodate the incoming waves of new residential development. The school's enrollment is small enough to potentially support close relationships between home and classroom, but also means limited program breadth compared to larger elementary schools.
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