The top reported proficiency rate is 75% in English language arts. The lowest is 53% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Stockton Elem School
Stockton Elem School is a small public elementary school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in a rural village setting in northern Illinois. The school enrolls a small student body in a community that is predominantly white and rural, with a blend of village and farmland characteristics.
The school's academic performance shows uneven results across grade levels and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency is strong in third grade and particularly robust in fifth grade, where students performed well above the midpoint. Fourth-grade ELA results are solid but slightly lower. Mathematics presents a different profile: third graders show comparable proficiency to their peers in reading, but proficiency declines noticeably in fourth and fifth grades. Science proficiency in fifth grade is below the school's other measured areas, suggesting this is a relative soft spot. The school participates in full student testing, which gives a complete picture of performance across its testing grades.
Compared to other districts in Jo Daviess County, Stockton Elem's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile, indicating its performance outpaces most of its neighboring districts across tested subjects and grades. This is a genuine strength.
The school operates in Stockton, a small village of declining population that sits in the historic Driftless Area with rolling farmland. The village has a compact walkable downtown core with local shops and cafes, anchored around a cheese manufacturing heritage tied to Kraft and now Brewster Cheese, the region's largest employer. The community is economically oriented toward manufacturing, health care, and local services, with declining employment over recent years reflecting broader rural trends. Housing values in the zip code are moderate and affordable relative to state and national benchmarks.
The school's student population is small. White students make up the large majority of enrollment, with a small Hispanic population and sparse representation of other racial and ethnic groups. Data on students qualifying for free or reduced price lunch and on students receiving special education services were not available, so a parent may want to ask the school about those populations directly.
Since this is an elementary school serving only through fifth grade, there is no high school graduation rate, no secondary course offerings to review, and no attendance or discipline data provided. Testing data from grades six and above do not apply. The school serves its local village and surrounding rural area, offering a traditional elementary program in a tight-knit community setting.
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