Washington Elementary School

Summary:

Washington Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Pontiac, Illinois, serving grades 4-5 with a total enrollment of 205 students. The school is part of the Pontiac CCSD 429 district, which is ranked 707 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington Elementary School faces several challenges, including a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 7.1% in 2019-2020 to 26.4% in 2023-2024, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in IAR/English Language Arts and IAR/Mathematics, is consistently lower than the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 25.6% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 27% for the district and 41.2% for the state. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 11.8%, compared to 10.6% for the district and 28.4% for the state. The school also struggles with the performance of students with disabilities, who ranked in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools in 2023-2024.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Central Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School, also part of the Pontiac CCSD 429 district, show similar patterns of low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rates, suggesting that the challenges faced by Washington Elementary School are not unique but rather systemic within the district. However, one notable exception is Saunemin Elementary School, which is located approximately 10 miles from Washington Elementary School but is part of a different district (Saunemin CCSD 438) and consistently outperforms Washington Elementary School and the state averages in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates.


Detail:

Public 4-5

 400 N Morrow St
       Pontiac, IL  61764-1496


(815) 844-3687

District: Pontiac CCSD 429

SchoolDigger Rank:
1461st of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,793 Help


Students who attend Washington Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Pontiac Junior High School
High:    Pontiac High School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.3 Help
Number of students:  205

Racial breakdown:

White:
73.2%
Hispanic:
14.1%
Two or more races:
6.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  58.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Washington Elementary School ranks worse than 70.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.16. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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
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Compare Details Washington Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Pontiac CCSD 429 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washington Elementary School is $16,793, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Pontiac CCSD 429 School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Washington Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington Elementary School 1461st of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Washington Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Pontiac CCSD 429:

SchoolDigger ranks Pontiac CCSD 429 707th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Washington Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 35.51 1466th 2020 27.4%
2004 56.29 1092nd 2030 46.2%
2005 48.65 1258th 2022 37.8%
2006 59.18 1078th 2086 48.3%
2007 61.22 997th 2095 52.4%
2008 57.70 1101st 2092 47.4%
2009 55.49 1138th 2120 46.3%
2010 57.18 1116th 2139 47.8%
2011 42.63 1429th 2147 33.4%
2012 44.63 1416th 2166 34.6%
2013 46.87 1226th 2167 43.4%
2014 50.75 1078th 2093 48.5%
2015 32.89 1329th 2052 35.2%
2016 37.14 1239th 2046 39.4%
2017 41.94 1123rd 2044 45.1%
2018 39.16 1200th 2037 41.1%
2019 31.67 1407th 2086 32.6%
2021 35.64 1158th 1948 40.6%
2022 36.70 1241st 2082 40.4%
2023 29.85 1399th 2077 32.6%
2024 28.16 1461st 2067 29.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.05 66th 78 15.4%
2019 21.58 69th 89 22.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.49 346th 763 54.7%
2019 36.41 701st 1194 41.3%
2021 29.72 451st 640 29.5%
2022 35.09 652nd 1113 41.4%
2023 21.59 1022nd 1156 11.6%
2024 27.79 887th 1195 25.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.29 995th 1765 43.6%
2019 42.18 1028th 1816 43.4%
2021 42.58 797th 1514 47.4%
2022 39.45 1032nd 1763 41.5%
2023 31.73 1267th 1808 29.9%
2024 37.91 1118th 1793 37.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.74 1064th 1964 45.8%
2019 37.39 1226th 2019 39.3%
2021 38.67 951st 1680 43.4%
2022 36.50 1167th 1970 40.8%
2023 27.14 1394th 1957 28.8%
2024 30.29 1322nd 1942 31.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 27.40 695th 907 23.4%
2024 39.02 492nd 886 44.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.27 1202nd 1972 39.0%
2019 29.28 1423rd 2019 29.5%
2021 28.93 1172nd 1707 31.3%
2022 36.62 1164th 1977 41.1%
2023 31.69 1281st 1984 35.4%
2024 27.91 1370th 1959 30.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.33 415th 938 55.8%
2019 31.36 696th 955 27.1%
2021 37.02 444th 742 40.2%
2022 27.98 732nd 954 23.3%
2023 24.26 815th 970 16.0%
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Rank History for White students at Washington Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.53 1218th 1463 16.7%
2019 15.33 1328th 1462 9.2%
2021 22.94 1089th 1308 16.7%
2022 21.23 1207th 1425 15.3%
2023 13.95 1303rd 1419 8.2%
2024 13.38 1292nd 1392 7.2%
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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.

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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Washington Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 274 3 4 8 n/a n/a n/a 0 289
1989 292 4 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 297
1990 260 5 1 6 n/a n/a n/a 0 272
1991 282 4 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 296
1992 303 3 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 316
1993 288 2 1 10 0 n/a n/a 0 301
1994 289 5 2 8 0 n/a n/a 0 304
1995 312 4 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 321
1996 312 4 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 321
1997 302 9 4 7 0 n/a n/a 0 322
1998 321 11 5 10 0 n/a n/a 0 347
1999 304 15 4 15 0 n/a n/a 0 338
2000 307 14 4 13 0 n/a n/a 0 338
2001 282 17 6 16 0 n/a n/a 0 321
2002 251 11 4 11 0 n/a n/a 0 277
2003 251 11 4 11 0 n/a n/a 0 277
2004 245 10 0 17 0 n/a n/a 0 272
2005 255 8 0 13 0 n/a n/a 9 285
2006 264 12 0 11 0 n/a n/a 7 294
2007 291 12 0 11 1 n/a n/a 23 338
2008 246 7 0 7 1 n/a n/a 19 280
2009 260 0 0 9 3 n/a n/a 18 290
2010 243 4 1 8 0 n/a n/a 20 276
2011 228 9 0 33 1 0 11 0 282
2012 214 11 0 33 2 0 6 0 266
2013 211 7 0 27 0 0 11 0 256
2014 206 6 0 20 0 1 12 0 245
2015 226 3 3 24 0 0 14 0 270
2016 211 3 2 25 0 0 19 0 260
2017 197 9 2 26 0 0 21 0 255
2018 200 8 3 36 0 0 22 0 269
2019 183 19 0 39 1 0 17 0 259
2020 168 14 0 41 0 0 14 0 237
2021 164 8 1 39 0 0 16 0 228
2022 176 9 1 30 0 0 15 0 231
2023 150 11 1 29 0 0 14 0 205

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 Washington Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 289 16.0 18.0 n/a
1989 297 17.6 16.8 n/a
1990 272 17.2 15.8 n/a
1991 296 17.2 17.2 n/a
1992 316 16.0 19.7 n/a
1993 301 15.0 20.1 n/a
1994 304 16.0 19.0 n/a
1995 321 17.0 18.9 n/a
1996 321 17.0 18.9 n/a
1997 322 19.0 16.9 n/a
1998 347 20.0 17.4 n/a
1999 338 20.0 16.9 n/a
2000 338 19.0 17.8 n/a
2001 321 21.0 15.3 n/a
2002 277 18.0 15.4 35.7
2003 277 18.0 15.4 35.7
2004 272 20.0 13.6 36
2005 285 21.0 13.6 43.8
2006 294 19.8 14.8 39
2007 338 19.0 17.8 36.8
2008 280 19.0 14.7 40.2
2009 290 22.4 12.9 47.4
2010 276 17.0 16.1 51.6
2011 282 15.0 18.8 56
2012 266 15.0 17.7 56
2013 256 16.7 15.2 53.9
2014 245 n/a n/a 50.6
2015 270 19.0 14.2 54.4
2016 260 19.0 13.6 53.1
2017 255 19.3 13.1 58
2018 269 20.4 13.1 59.5
2019 259 20.5 12.6 49
2020 237 20.5 11.5 51.1
2021 228 n/a n/a n/a
2022 231 20.5 11.2 50.6
2023 205 19.7 10.3 58.5

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 Washington Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 289 16.0 18.0 n/a
1989 297 17.6 16.8 n/a
1990 272 17.2 15.8 n/a
1991 296 17.2 17.2 n/a
1992 316 16.0 19.7 n/a
1993 301 15.0 20.1 n/a
1994 304 16.0 19.0 n/a
1995 321 17.0 18.9 n/a
1996 321 17.0 18.9 n/a
1997 322 19.0 16.9 n/a
1998 347 20.0 17.4 n/a
1999 338 20.0 16.9 n/a
2000 338 19.0 17.8 n/a
2001 321 21.0 15.3 n/a
2002 277 18.0 15.4 35.7
2003 277 18.0 15.4 35.7
2004 272 20.0 13.6 36
2005 285 21.0 13.6 43.8
2006 294 19.8 14.8 39
2007 338 19.0 17.8 36.8
2008 280 19.0 14.7 40.2
2009 290 22.4 12.9 47.4
2010 276 17.0 16.1 51.6
2011 282 15.0 18.8 56
2012 266 15.0 17.7 56
2013 256 16.7 15.2 53.9
2014 245 n/a n/a 50.6
2015 270 19.0 14.2 54.4
2016 260 19.0 13.6 53.1
2017 255 19.3 13.1 58
2018 269 20.4 13.1 59.5
2019 259 20.5 12.6 49
2020 237 20.5 11.5 51.1
2021 228 n/a n/a n/a
2022 231 20.5 11.2 50.6
2023 205 19.7 10.3 58.5

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.

Immunization Rates

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaVaricellaDTPHepatitis B
2015100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
201699.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.6%
201799.2%99.2%99.2%99.2%99.6%99.2%
2018100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
201999.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%
2021100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
202299.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%
2023100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%
2024100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Washington Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $848 (6.9%) $11,472 (93.1%) $12,319
2020 $832 (6.2%) $12,594 (93.8%) $13,426
2021 $1,720 (11.7%) $13,005 (88.3%) $14,725
2022 $1,720 (11.7%) $13,005 (88.3%) $14,725
2023 $1,166 (6.7%) $16,361 (93.3%) $17,527
2024 $763 (4.5%) $16,030 (95.5%) $16,793

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Washington Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1407th of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1399th of 2077 Elementary schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts (Washington Elementary School)38.619
 19.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Pontiac CCSD 429)38.619
 19.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Washington Elementary School)14.920
 5.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Pontiac CCSD 429)14.920
 5.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Washington Elementary School)24.425.2
 0.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Pontiac CCSD 429)24.425.2
 0.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Washington Elementary School)9.82.9
 6.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Pontiac CCSD 429)9.82.9
 6.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Washington Elementary School)43.440.2
 3.2%
   5th Grade Science (Pontiac CCSD 429)43.440.2
 3.2%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students259205
 20.8%
African American1911
 42.1%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian01
Hispanic3929
 25.6%
Pacific Islander00
White183150
 18%
Two or More Races1714
 17.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients49%58.5%
 9.5%


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Washington Elementary School ranks 1461st of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Washington Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Pontiac Junior High School
High : Pontiac High School

Students at Washington Elementary School are 73% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 5% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 205 students attended Washington Elementary School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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