Is East Side Intermediate School a good school?

East Side Intermediate School ranks 895 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend East Side Intermediate School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 385 students attended East Side Intermediate School.

What is the racial makeup of East Side Intermediate School?

Students at East Side Intermediate School are 86% White, 6% Two or more races, 5% African American, 2% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of East Side Intermediate School attend?

Students who attend East Side Intermediate School usually go on to attend: Middle : Harrisburg Middle School High : Harrisburg High School

East Side Intermediate School

Summary:

East Side Intermediate School is a public elementary school located in Harrisburg, Illinois, serving grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 359 students. The school is part of the Harrisburg CUSD 3 district, which is ranked 518 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

East Side Intermediate School faces several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 21.0% to 25.5% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. The school's test scores are also generally below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 35.8% of students proficient or better in ELA and 25.8% proficient or better in Math, compared to 41.2% and 28.4% statewide, respectively. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with relatively strong performance for homeless students but struggling with other subgroups, such as white and multi-racial students.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Crab Orchard Elementary School, East Side Intermediate School generally performs worse, with higher chronic absenteeism rates and lower test scores. Despite the school's relatively low performance, it has a relatively high per-student spending of $16,743 in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.3, suggesting that the issue may not be a lack of resources, but rather how those resources are being utilized to improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public 3-5

315 E Church St
Harrisburg, IL 62946-1708

(618) 253-7637

District: Harrisburg CUSD 3

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,943

Students who attend East Side Intermediate School usually attend:

Middle:	Harrisburg Middle School
High:	Harrisburg High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.7

Number of students: 385

Racial breakdown:

White:

86.0%

Two or more races:

6.5%

African American:

5.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details East Side Intermediate School ranks better than 56.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.78. (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 (86%), two or more races (6.5%), African American (5.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 66.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Harrisburg CUSD 3 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at East Side Intermediate School is 12.7. 1 elementary schools in the Harrisburg CUSD 3 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare East Side Intermediate School employs 30.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at East Side Intermediate School is $12,943, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Harrisburg CUSD 3 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

East Side Intermediate School:

SchoolDigger ranks East Side Intermediate School 895^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See East Side Intermediate School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Disabled students:

Male students:

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Harrisburg CUSD 3:

SchoolDigger ranks Harrisburg CUSD 3 518^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for East Side Intermediate School

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Rank History for all students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	65.24	855^th	2020	57.7%
2004	59.75	1002^nd	2030	50.6%
2005	68.93	710^th	2022	64.9%
2006	65.61	865^th	2086	58.5%
2007	56.32	1148^th	2095	45.2%
2008	67.40	821^st	2092	60.8%
2009	52.22	1227^th	2120	42.1%
2010	48.47	1320^th	2139	38.3%
2011	51.80	1242^nd	2147	42.2%
2012	48.91	1326^th	2166	38.8%
2013	38.99	1422^nd	2167	34.4%
2014	34.19	1443^rd	2093	31.1%
2015	25.52	1547^th	2052	24.6%
2016	31.96	1369^th	2046	33.1%
2017	27.57	1481^st	2044	27.5%
2018	27.98	1473^rd	2037	27.7%
2019	31.88	1398^th	2086	33.0%
2021	32.79	1231^st	1948	36.8%
2022	40.66	1165^th	2082	44.0%
2023	34.94	1284^th	2077	38.2%
2024	51.78	895^th	2067	56.7%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.29	70^th	78	10.3%
2019	20.51	75^th	89	15.7%
2021	21.83	31^st	40	22.5%
2022	12.01	92^nd	95	3.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.89	513^th	763	32.8%
2019	41.23	610^th	1194	48.9%
2021	21.43	564^th	640	11.9%
2022	37.57	601^st	1113	46.0%
2023	41.36	580^th	1156	49.8%
2024	37.56	687^th	1195	42.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.04	1308^th	1765	25.9%
2019	32.76	1303^rd	1816	28.2%
2021	41.98	813^th	1514	46.3%
2022	51.61	741^st	1763	58.0%
2023	44.72	940^th	1808	48.0%
2024	64.74	451^st	1793	74.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	77.76	5^th	36	86.1%
2023	66.55	8^th	30	73.3%
2024	88.86	5^th	52	90.4%

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Rank History for Female students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.60	1455^th	1964	25.9%
2019	32.74	1330^th	2019	34.1%
2021	33.76	1065^th	1680	36.6%
2022	42.61	1032^nd	1970	47.6%
2023	34.34	1218^th	1957	37.8%
2024	49.91	875^th	1942	54.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	52.92	313^th	907	65.5%
2024	47.53	373^rd	886	57.9%

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Rank History for Male students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.72	1366^th	1972	30.7%
2019	32.04	1358^th	2019	32.7%
2021	28.44	1183^rd	1707	30.7%
2022	38.78	1123^rd	1977	43.2%
2023	35.12	1208^th	1984	39.1%
2024	50.71	863^rd	1959	55.9%

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Rank History for African American students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	44.41	318^th	698	54.4%

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Rank History for White students at East Side Intermediate School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.10	1341^st	1463	8.3%
2019	19.36	1263^rd	1462	13.6%
2021	21.36	1120^th	1308	14.4%
2022	24.27	1165^th	1425	18.2%
2023	17.52	1249^th	1419	12.0%
2024	30.74	1014^th	1392	27.2%

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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 East Side Intermediate School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	593	45	1	1	2	n/a	n/a	0	642
1989	596	40	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	639
1990	581	47	n/a	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	630
1991	602	45	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	650
1992	597	45	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	646
1993	567	41	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	613
1994	565	46	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	616
1995	604	37	7	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	654
1996	604	37	7	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	654
1997	570	33	8	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	619
1998	560	31	7	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	601
1999	565	50	7	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	630
2000	648	27	7	1	1	n/a	n/a	0	684
2001	639	22	4	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	668
2002	617	35	5	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	658
2003	617	35	5	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	658
2004	428	39	5	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	474
2005	419	34	5	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	461
2006	403	18	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	20	451
2007	415	17	5	7	0	n/a	n/a	27	471
2008	410	23	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	33	472
2009	403	29	6	5	1	n/a	n/a	33	477
2010	407	21	10	4	2	n/a	n/a	32	476
2011	433	23	12	8	0	0	27	0	503
2012	431	25	9	13	0	0	21	0	499
2013	414	21	9	12	0	0	35	0	491
2014	422	20	10	9	0	0	35	0	496
2015	396	19	9	13	0	0	40	0	477
2016	390	20	7	12	0	0	31	0	460
2017	374	20	6	10	0	0	39	0	449
2018	367	22	7	7	0	0	38	0	441
2019	331	17	5	10	0	0	46	0	409
2020	313	10	1	10	1	0	46	0	381
2021	289	8	0	8	1	0	36	0	342
2022	324	13	0	7	1	0	33	0	378
2023	308	14	0	10	0	0	27	0	359
2024	331	21	0	8	0	0	25	0	385

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at East Side Intermediate School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	642	35.0	18.3	n/a
1989	639	36.0	17.7	n/a
1990	630	33.0	19.0	n/a
1991	650	36.0	18.0	n/a
1992	646	37.0	17.4	n/a
1993	613	38.0	16.1	n/a
1994	616	36.9	16.7	n/a
1995	654	35.0	18.7	n/a
1996	654	35.0	18.7	n/a
1997	619	35.3	17.5	n/a
1998	601	34.3	17.5	n/a
1999	630	35.0	18.0	n/a
2000	684	36.0	19.0	n/a
2001	668	35.0	19.1	n/a
2002	658	39.0	16.9	43.8
2003	658	39.0	16.9	43.8
2004	474	28.0	16.9	48.5
2005	461	27.0	17.1	52.1
2006	451	25.0	18.0	56.6
2007	471	27.0	17.4	56.3
2008	472	23.0	20.5	64.2
2009	477	26.6	17.9	63.1
2010	476	29.0	16.4	63.1
2011	503	29.0	17.3	57.9
2012	499	30.0	16.6	61.3
2013	491	n/a	n/a	61.5
2014	496	1.0	496.0	64.9
2015	477	32.0	14.9	67.1
2016	460	30.0	15.3	63.9
2017	449	29.8	15.0	66.8
2018	441	31.0	14.1	65.8
2019	409	29.5	13.8	64.5
2020	381	29.5	12.9	64
2021	342	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	378	30.8	12.2	62.7
2023	359	31.5	11.3	67.7
2024	385	30.1	12.7	66.2

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 East Side Intermediate School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	642	35.0	18.3	n/a
1989	639	36.0	17.7	n/a
1990	630	33.0	19.0	n/a
1991	650	36.0	18.0	n/a
1992	646	37.0	17.4	n/a
1993	613	38.0	16.1	n/a
1994	616	36.9	16.7	n/a
1995	654	35.0	18.7	n/a
1996	654	35.0	18.7	n/a
1997	619	35.3	17.5	n/a
1998	601	34.3	17.5	n/a
1999	630	35.0	18.0	n/a
2000	684	36.0	19.0	n/a
2001	668	35.0	19.1	n/a
2002	658	39.0	16.9	43.8
2003	658	39.0	16.9	43.8
2004	474	28.0	16.9	48.5
2005	461	27.0	17.1	52.1
2006	451	25.0	18.0	56.6
2007	471	27.0	17.4	56.3
2008	472	23.0	20.5	64.2
2009	477	26.6	17.9	63.1
2010	476	29.0	16.4	63.1
2011	503	29.0	17.3	57.9
2012	499	30.0	16.6	61.3
2013	491	n/a	n/a	61.5
2014	496	1.0	496.0	64.9
2015	477	32.0	14.9	67.1
2016	460	30.0	15.3	63.9
2017	449	29.8	15.0	66.8
2018	441	31.0	14.1	65.8
2019	409	29.5	13.8	64.5
2020	381	29.5	12.9	64
2021	342	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	378	30.8	12.2	62.7
2023	359	31.5	11.3	67.7
2024	385	30.1	12.7	66.2

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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