The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in English language arts. The lowest is 50% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Troy Cronin Elem School
Troy Cronin Elem School serves pre-kindergarten through fourth grade in Shorewood, a rapidly growing suburban village about forty miles southwest of Chicago in Will County. The school enrolls about five hundred students drawn from a diverse population: roughly a third Hispanic, a third white, a fifth Black, and smaller shares Asian and multiracial. The district, Troy CCSD 30C, is experiencing substantial population growth driven by major housing developments and is managing that growth through a strategic plan adopted for 2024-2027.
On the most recent Illinois state assessments, Troy Cronin's proficiency results are mixed. In third-grade mathematics, about half of tested students met proficiency; in fourth-grade mathematics, the rate dropped to roughly forty-six percent. Third graders performed somewhat better in reading, with about sixty-two percent meeting proficiency, while fourth graders scored around fifty-eight percent in reading. The school participates fully in state testing, with participation rates above ninety-seven percent in all tested grades. Science assessment data was either suppressed or not available for grades where the school serves students, so no science results are available to view. The reading results run a bit ahead of math results, suggesting the school's literacy work is showing more strength than its mathematics instruction at present.
Positioned against other districts in Will County on a combined proficiency measure across tested subjects and grades, Troy Cronin sits above the midpoint. That said, the actual percentages show room for improvement. When roughly half or fewer students in each grade meet state proficiency standards in core subjects, it signals that many students are not yet demonstrating grade-level mastery, and a parent may want to look into further what the school's instructional supports and intervention systems look like for students working below proficiency.
The school is a regular public elementary campus with no special charter or magnet designation. Student eligibility for free or reduced-price meals was not reported in the available data. Specific information about special education services, English learner supports, class sizes, or specialized programs was not available. The school's website and detailed staffing, discipline, or course information were also not in the data provided.
Shorewood itself is a family-oriented suburban village undergoing what local reporting describes as its greatest growth spurt in decades. Three major housing developments are under construction or planned, potentially adding thousands of new residents to the town. The civic center clusters around Village Hall and Towne Center Park rather than a historic downtown, and a new YMCA is scheduled to open in early 2026. The wider area is auto-oriented, built around major highway corridors including Route 59 and U.S. Route 52, though the village is actively expanding its multiuse path network for walking and biking. Housing values in the zip code have been appreciating modestly, and the local market shows moderate listing inventory with homes priced in the mid-range for the Chicago region.
At the district level, Troy 30C is managing growth actively. The district committed to converting its entire school bus fleet to electric vehicles, the largest such conversion in the Midwest, with charging infrastructure and solar integration underway. One of the district's other elementary schools, Craughwell, needed modular classroom additions to handle enrollment increases, suggesting that all Troy 30C schools are experiencing population pressures and that facility planning across the district remains in motion.
Troy Cronin Elem is a neighborhood school in a community marked by growth and investment, serving a student body with real diversity. Its academic results show literacy work ahead of mathematics, and proficiency rates that leave a substantial share of students not yet meeting grade-level standards. For families considering the school, the key questions are what intervention and support systems exist for students below proficiency, how the school is managing the influx of new families to the area, and whether the curriculum and staffing resources are keeping pace with enrollment growth happening district-wide.
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