Bartonville School District 66

Bartonville School District 66 is a small school district in Illinois that serves the community of Bartonville. The district has only one school, Bartonville Elementary School, which provides education for students from kindergarten through 8th grade.

Bartonville Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a statewide rank between 1461 and 1579 out of over 2,000 schools in the past three school years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state average, with only 17.8% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 0% to 22.7% proficient in mathematics across different grade levels, compared to state averages of 41.2% and 24.8% to 33.8%, respectively. However, the school's science proficiency rates are more promising, with 65% of 5th-grade students and 25% of 8th-grade students scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 52.4% and 52%.

Despite the relatively high per-student spending of $16,318 and a student-teacher ratio of 19.1, which is slightly higher than the state average, Bartonville Elementary School continues to struggle with a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 22.2% in the 2023-2024 school year, significantly higher than the state average. This suggests that factors beyond just resource allocation, such as instructional quality, curriculum, and school leadership, may be contributing to the school's underperformance.