Is Tonica Grade School a good school?

Tonica Grade School ranks 1367 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Tonica Grade School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 123 students attended Tonica Grade School.

What is the racial makeup of Tonica Grade School?

Students at Tonica Grade School are 85% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Tonica Grade School attend?

Students who attend Tonica Grade School usually go on to attend: High : La Salle-Peru Township High School

Tonica Grade School

Summary:

Tonica Grade School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Tonica, Illinois, with 110 students. The school is part of the Tonica CCSD 79 district, which is ranked 530 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tonica Grade School faces significant challenges in academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and mathematics consistently lower than state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 37% of Tonica Grade School students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%, and just 12.5% were proficient or better in math, significantly lower than the state's 28.4%. The school's performance is particularly concerning in 3rd grade, where only 5.9% of students were proficient or better in ELA and 12.5% in math, compared to state averages of 30.6% and 33.8%, respectively. Additionally, Tonica Grade School has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 8.5% in 2020-2021 to 29.6% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the state's average of 14.6%.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Grand Ridge School, Waltham Elementary School, and Lostant Elementary School, Tonica Grade School's academic performance is generally lower. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Grand Ridge School had 59.7% of students proficient or better in ELA and 43.3% in math, significantly outperforming Tonica Grade School. The school's performance has also declined over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 556 out of 2,093 Illinois elementary schools in 2013-2014 (4-star rating) to 1,367 out of 2,067 in 2023-2024 (2-star rating).

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

535 N 1981st Rd
Tonica, IL 61370-9660

(815) 442-3420

District: Tonica CCSD 79

SchoolDigger Rank:
1367^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,701

Students who attend Tonica Grade School usually attend:

High:

La Salle-Peru Township High School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.4

Number of students: 123

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.4%

Hispanic:

13.0%

African American:

1.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Tonica Grade School ranks worse than 66.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.04. (See more...)

Compare Details Tonica Grade School ranks better than 62.1% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 55.71. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (85.4%), Hispanic (13%), African American (1.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 48% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tonica Grade School is 9.4. (See more...)

Compare Tonica Grade School employs 13 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Tonica Grade School is $20,701.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tonica Grade School:

SchoolDigger ranks Tonica Grade School 1367^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Tonica Grade School in the ranking list.)

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White students:

SchoolDigger ranks Tonica Grade School 516^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Tonica Grade School in the ranking list.)

Tonica CCSD 79:

SchoolDigger ranks Tonica CCSD 79 530^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Tonica Grade School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Tonica Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	80.16	337^th	2020	83.3%
2004	78.25	397^th	2030	80.4%
2005	62.34	930^th	2022	54.0%
2006	64.72	902^nd	2086	56.8%
2007	77.61	379^th	2095	81.9%
2008	83.76	194^th	2092	90.7%
2009	70.86	703^rd	2120	66.8%
2010	80.83	308^th	2139	85.6%
2011	84.23	174^th	2147	91.9%
2012	85.11	136^th	2166	93.7%
2013	73.64	562^nd	2167	74.1%
2014	73.10	556^th	2093	73.4%
2015	39.85	1128^th	2052	45.0%
2016	42.25	1127^th	2046	44.9%
2017	34.46	1300^th	2044	36.4%
2018	50.31	941^st	2037	53.8%
2019	31.95	1396^th	2086	33.1%
2021	34.76	1184^th	1948	39.2%
2022	33.02	1317^th	2082	36.7%
2023	22.40	1595^th	2077	23.2%
2024	31.04	1367^th	2067	33.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Tonica Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	29.48	1300^th	1763	26.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Tonica Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	46.35	1004^th	1964	48.9%
2019	45.78	1048^th	2019	48.1%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Tonica Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.67	982^nd	1463	32.9%
2019	15.31	1330^th	1462	9.0%
2021	21.51	1117^th	1308	14.6%
2022	24.37	1162^nd	1425	18.5%
2023	9.70	1360^th	1419	4.2%
2024	17.13	1228^th	1392	11.8%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Tonica Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	62.13	499^th	1185	57.9%
2004	92.37	29^th	1204	97.6%
2005	81.91	190^th	1209	84.3%
2006	79.76	204^th	1272	84.0%
2007	79.08	216^th	1287	83.2%
2008	83.93	119^th	1293	90.8%
2009	80.08	201^st	1318	84.7%
2010	84.71	103^rd	1327	92.2%
2011	84.50	102^nd	1344	92.4%
2012	80.90	186^th	1365	86.4%
2013	89.49	88^th	1367	93.6%
2014	84.84	155^th	1322	88.3%
2015	67.53	328^th	1302	74.8%
2016	47.81	622^nd	1294	51.9%
2017	50.98	571^st	1293	55.8%
2018	54.94	530^th	1293	59.0%
2019	26.55	992^nd	1356	26.8%
2021	50.48	511^th	1241	58.8%
2022	45.12	662^nd	1369	51.6%
2023	67.43	360^th	1367	73.7%
2024	55.71	516^th	1363	62.1%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Tonica Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	52.18	541^st	1226	55.9%
2019	20.59	1035^th	1276	18.9%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Tonica Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.99	442^nd	1223	63.9%
2019	31.69	858^th	1296	33.8%
2022	37.50	736^th	1286	42.8%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Tonica Grade School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.44	483^rd	889	45.7%
2019	12.65	835^th	905	7.7%
2021	32.83	542^nd	813	33.3%
2022	27.12	675^th	898	24.8%
2023	65.60	255^th	895	71.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Tonica Grade School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	198	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	198
1990	193	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	193
1991	206	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	206
1992	175	3	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	179
1993	179	1	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	184
1994	151	1	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	157
1995	152	0	1	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	163
1996	152	0	1	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	163
1997	141	0	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	147
1998	133	0	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	140
1999	147	0	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	153
2000	144	0	2	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	151
2001	142	0	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	147
2002	173	0	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	179
2003	173	0	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	179
2004	188	0	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	194
2005	200	1	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	205
2006	210	0	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	215
2007	214	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	216
2008	217	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	217
2009	200	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	203
2010	200	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	11	213
2011	213	1	0	7	0	0	4	0	225
2012	209	1	0	8	0	0	4	0	222
2013	208	0	0	9	0	0	3	0	220
2014	217	0	2	13	0	0	2	0	234
2015	213	0	2	13	0	0	1	0	229
2016	210	0	1	13	0	0	1	0	225
2017	183	0	1	15	0	0	1	0	200
2018	155	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	168
2019	139	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	153
2020	124	0	1	12	0	0	1	0	138
2021	119	0	1	12	0	0	1	0	133
2022	120	0	1	15	0	0	1	0	137
2023	95	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	110
2024	105	2	0	16	0	0	0	0	123

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Tonica Grade School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	198	13.1	15.1	n/a
1990	193	12.8	15.0	n/a
1991	206	16.4	12.5	n/a
1992	179	15.3	11.6	n/a
1993	184	14.4	12.8	n/a
1994	157	12.6	12.5	n/a
1995	163	14.8	11.0	n/a
1996	163	14.8	11.0	n/a
1997	147	16.9	8.7	n/a
1998	140	15.8	8.9	n/a
1999	153	16.6	9.2	n/a
2000	151	17.0	8.9	n/a
2001	147	16.0	9.2	n/a
2002	179	16.1	11.1	27.9
2003	179	16.1	11.1	27.9
2004	194	16.2	12.0	33
2005	205	16.2	12.7	33.2
2006	215	17.6	12.2	26.5
2007	216	14.0	15.4	22.7
2008	217	13.0	16.7	28.1
2009	203	18.7	10.9	28.1
2010	213	17.8	11.9	29.2
2011	225	18.5	12.1	27.1
2012	222	17.5	12.6	22.1
2013	220	n/a	n/a	21.4
2014	234	18.8	12.4	29.9
2015	229	19.0	12.0	33.2
2016	225	20.0	11.2	32.9
2017	200	17.0	11.7	37
2018	168	15.6	10.7	36.3
2019	153	13.1	11.6	29.4
2020	138	13.7	10.0	29.7
2021	133	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	137	13.0	10.5	38
2023	110	13.0	8.4	39.1
2024	123	13.0	9.4	48

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Tonica Grade School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	198	13.1	15.1	n/a
1990	193	12.8	15.0	n/a
1991	206	16.4	12.5	n/a
1992	179	15.3	11.6	n/a
1993	184	14.4	12.8	n/a
1994	157	12.6	12.5	n/a
1995	163	14.8	11.0	n/a
1996	163	14.8	11.0	n/a
1997	147	16.9	8.7	n/a
1998	140	15.8	8.9	n/a
1999	153	16.6	9.2	n/a
2000	151	17.0	8.9	n/a
2001	147	16.0	9.2	n/a
2002	179	16.1	11.1	27.9
2003	179	16.1	11.1	27.9
2004	194	16.2	12.0	33
2005	205	16.2	12.7	33.2
2006	215	17.6	12.2	26.5
2007	216	14.0	15.4	22.7
2008	217	13.0	16.7	28.1
2009	203	18.7	10.9	28.1
2010	213	17.8	11.9	29.2
2011	225	18.5	12.1	27.1
2012	222	17.5	12.6	22.1
2013	220	n/a	n/a	21.4
2014	234	18.8	12.4	29.9
2015	229	19.0	12.0	33.2
2016	225	20.0	11.2	32.9
2017	200	17.0	11.7	37
2018	168	15.6	10.7	36.3
2019	153	13.1	11.6	29.4
2020	138	13.7	10.0	29.7
2021	133	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	137	13.0	10.5	38
2023	110	13.0	8.4	39.1
2024	123	13.0	9.4	48

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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