The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in Science. The lowest is 27% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on North Greene Elem
North Greene Elementary serves grades prekindergarten through sixth grade in Roodhouse, a small, predominantly residential city in rural west-central Illinois. The school sits in the compact downtown area on West North Street, integrated into the community rather than on a separate campus. Its enrollment is substantial for a school of this size and grade band, distributed fairly evenly across the eight grades served.
The student body is overwhelmingly white, with only a very small share of Hispanic students and even smaller numbers of Asian and multiracial students. The school's demographic profile reflects the broader composition of Roodhouse and Greene County. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility data were not available in the records reviewed.
On state testing in 2024-25, North Greene's proficiency results show a consistent pattern: students perform below the middle range relative to other districts in Greene County on the Indiana Assessment of Reading and Mathematics (IAR) exams in grades three through six. In math, proficiency rates range from low teens to mid-thirties across the tested grades. In English language arts, the picture is somewhat stronger, with rates rising as students progress; sixth graders reached the mid-forties in ELA proficiency, compared to about fifteen percent in third grade. Fifth-grade science proficiency was below twenty percent. A parent may want to look into the school's approach to reading and math instruction, and what supports or interventions are available to students below proficiency, particularly in the elementary grades.
The district has invested in the school's physical plant and instructional spaces. A major renovation approved in late 2021 converted former locker rooms into an art room, transformed office and classroom space into a band room, abated asbestos, upgraded HVAC systems, and added ADA-compliant lifts. Additionally, through federal pandemic relief funds, the district restored music programs including band and chorus at the high school building, expanding the curricular offerings available to students who progress through the system.
Roodhouse itself is a low-density community on a long-term population decline, shaped by the loss of railroad passenger service decades ago. The local economy is small and blue-collar, with limited major employers within the city; many residents commute to larger job centers. Housing values in the 62082 zip code have declined in recent years. The Roodhouse Public Library and City Hall anchor civic life downtown. A significant housing development, funded through a state rental assistance program, brought new rental homes to the community in recent years. A parent choosing this school would be selecting an elementary option embedded in a quiet, economically modest small town with limited retail and employment diversity, where the school building itself has received meaningful improvements to its facilities and program space.
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