St Anne Elem School, Saint Anne IL

Original Research by School Decision on St Anne Elem School

St Anne Elem School is a small, rural public school in the village of Saint Anne, in southern Kankakee County. It serves about a quarter of a thousand students across pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a single building at the edge of a quiet, declining village where most families own their homes and the Catholic heritage and shrine remain central to community identity. The school's test results show persistent academic struggle across most grade levels and subjects, with patterns that warrant parent attention if academic proficiency is a priority.

In math, proficiency runs low and uneven by grade. Third and fourth graders show slightly better outcomes, while seventh grade is particularly weak. In English language arts, the pattern is similar: third graders cluster near baseline, fourth and fifth graders near the middle of the range, seventh graders near the low end. Fifth-grade science stands alone as notably stronger, while eighth-grade science performance is substantially higher, suggesting some gain in that subject as students move through the upper grades. Across tested subjects overall, the school sits below the midpoint when compared to other districts in Kankakee County, a positioning that reflects consistent underperformance rather than isolated weakness.

The student body is small enough that grade cohorts number in the high teens to low thirties. The enrollment is about three-fifths white and one-third Hispanic; the remainder identifies as two or more races. Specific enrollment counts for students with disabilities or English learners were not reported. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility data, so the economic composition of the student population is not visible here.

Saint Anne itself is a village of roughly one thousand residents, declining slowly over the past few years. The housing stock is old, much of it built before the 1960s, and the median home value is well below both the state and national benchmark. Most residents commute out for work. The village has no significant new housing development underway, and the school sits within a compact, walkable village footprint rather than in a sprawling suburb; both the elementary school and high school occupy nearby locations.

No information on programs, staffing depth, attendance, or discipline was available. The district brief found no recent referendums, curriculum adoptions, or tax actions to report, so the school's current direction or any recent parent-facing initiatives are not documented here. A parent looking at this school for academic support or a specific program would benefit from calling directly to understand what targeted or small-group interventions may be in place and what the trajectory of the struggling grade cohorts has been.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 4 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 5 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 79%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 545%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Science

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 874%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

This schoolSt Anne CCSD 256, 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.