Is George O Barr School a good school?

George O Barr School ranks 1512 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend George O Barr School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 422 students attended George O Barr School.

What is the racial makeup of George O Barr School?

Students at George O Barr School are 50% White, 23% Hispanic, 15% African American, 11% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of George O Barr School attend?

Students who attend George O Barr School usually go on to attend: Middle : Northeast Junior High School High : United Township High School

George O Barr School

Summary:

George O Barr School is an elementary school located in Silvis, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 418. The school is part of the Silvis School District 34, which is ranked 735 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Over the past decade, George O Barr School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Illinois elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years. The school has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching as high as 48.6% in the 2021-2022 school year, significantly higher than the state average and the surrounding schools. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by proficiency rates on state assessments, is consistently lower than the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 22.2% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%, and only 11.4% were proficient or better in Math, compared to the state average of 28.4%.

Interestingly, while George O Barr School struggles academically, some of the nearby schools, such as Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Jane Addams Elementary, perform significantly better on state assessments, despite serving similar student populations with high rates of poverty and free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The high chronic absenteeism rates at George O Barr School appear to be closely linked to its poor academic performance, as schools with lower chronic absenteeism, such as Hampton Elementary and Colona Grade School, tend to have higher proficiency rates on state assessments.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

1305 5th Avenue
Silvis, IL 61282-1579

(309) 792-0639

District: Silvis School District 34

SchoolDigger Rank:
1512^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,016

Students who attend George O Barr School usually attend:

Middle:	Northeast Junior High School
High:	United Township High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.9

Number of students: 422

Racial breakdown:

White:

49.8%

Hispanic:

22.5%

African American:

15.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details George O Barr School ranks worse than 73.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.14. (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 Student population at George O Barr School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (49.8%), Hispanic (22.5%), African American (15.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 66.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at George O Barr School is 11.9. (See more...)

Compare George O Barr School employs 35.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at George O Barr School is $16,016.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

George O Barr School:

SchoolDigger ranks George O Barr School 1512^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See George O Barr School in the ranking list.)

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Silvis School District 34:

SchoolDigger ranks Silvis School District 34 735^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	56.37	1080^th	2020	46.5%
2004	53.05	1160^th	2030	42.9%
2005	43.23	1364^th	2022	32.5%
2006	55.92	1175^th	2086	43.7%
2007	59.48	1048^th	2095	50.0%
2008	51.06	1249^th	2092	40.3%
2009	49.36	1296^th	2120	38.9%
2010	35.44	1563^rd	2139	26.9%
2011	19.05	1853^rd	2147	13.7%
2012	24.10	1779^th	2166	17.9%
2013	27.61	1640^th	2167	24.3%
2014	31.07	1514^th	2093	27.7%
2015	25.31	1554^th	2052	24.3%
2016	16.53	1798^th	2046	12.1%
2017	16.94	1769^th	2044	13.5%
2018	16.72	1769^th	2037	13.2%
2019	14.51	1892^nd	2086	9.3%
2021	18.99	1613^th	1948	17.2%
2022	21.63	1615^th	2082	22.4%
2023	22.39	1596^th	2077	23.2%
2024	26.14	1512^th	2067	26.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	18.03	733^rd	743	1.3%
2023	26.56	696^th	788	11.7%
2024	52.11	279^th	826	66.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.18	738^th	763	3.3%
2019	18.09	1168^th	1194	2.2%
2021	21.11	603^rd	640	5.8%
2022	22.15	1024^th	1113	8.0%
2023	27.21	859^th	1156	25.7%
2024	16.05	1145^th	1195	4.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.38	1545^th	1765	12.5%
2019	21.63	1613^th	1816	11.2%
2021	30.44	1103^rd	1514	27.1%
2022	26.47	1383^rd	1763	21.6%
2023	37.18	1121^st	1808	38.0%
2024	37.80	1119^th	1793	37.6%

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Rank History for Female students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.21	1754^th	1964	10.7%
2019	19.01	1721^st	2019	14.8%
2021	16.92	1462^nd	1680	13.0%
2022	23.18	1511^th	1970	23.3%
2023	19.99	1600^th	1957	18.2%
2024	26.09	1428^th	1942	26.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	20.41	813^th	886	8.2%

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Rank History for Male students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.71	1610^th	1972	18.4%
2019	13.65	1870^th	2019	7.4%
2021	18.67	1442^nd	1707	15.5%
2022	21.01	1557^th	1977	21.2%
2023	26.61	1414^th	1984	28.7%
2024	28.28	1361^st	1959	30.5%

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Rank History for African American students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	39.32	385^th	692	44.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.61	726^th	938	22.6%
2019	29.25	726^th	955	24.0%
2021	26.95	595^th	742	19.8%
2022	23.23	819^th	954	14.2%
2023	24.09	819^th	970	15.6%
2024	44.60	479^th	959	50.1%

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Rank History for White students at George O Barr School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	5.13	1455^th	1463	0.5%
2019	4.51	1448^th	1462	1.0%
2021	8.17	1285^th	1308	1.8%
2022	9.07	1374^th	1425	3.6%
2023	13.43	1315^th	1419	7.3%
2024	17.25	1224^th	1392	12.1%

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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 George O Barr School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	449	24	5	105	1	n/a	n/a	0	584
1989	423	24	9	102	8	n/a	n/a	0	566
1990	433	19	5	95	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	552
1991	440	23	0	90	3	n/a	n/a	0	556
1992	415	28	2	78	2	n/a	n/a	0	525
1993	396	18	3	73	2	n/a	n/a	0	492
1994	355	14	4	75	1	n/a	n/a	0	449
1995	384	14	1	95	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
1996	384	14	1	95	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
1997	401	17	2	78	1	n/a	n/a	0	499
1998	386	24	2	75	1	n/a	n/a	0	488
1999	379	25	0	77	3	n/a	n/a	0	484
2000	367	28	0	89	2	n/a	n/a	0	486
2001	328	23	0	80	1	n/a	n/a	0	432
2002	339	23	0	85	4	n/a	n/a	0	451
2003	339	23	0	85	4	n/a	n/a	0	451
2004	362	24	0	80	4	n/a	n/a	0	470
2005	321	20	1	77	0	n/a	n/a	12	431
2006	320	23	3	88	3	n/a	n/a	7	444
2007	299	21	2	91	0	n/a	n/a	21	434
2008	298	26	5	92	0	n/a	n/a	41	462
2009	295	29	9	88	2	n/a	n/a	43	466
2010	267	30	10	68	0	n/a	n/a	51	426
2011	250	30	5	98	0	0	35	0	418
2012	261	38	6	99	0	0	29	0	433
2013	263	27	6	97	0	0	28	0	421
2014	259	29	4	96	0	1	31	0	420
2015	272	37	5	112	0	0	35	0	461
2016	263	45	5	103	0	0	28	0	444
2017	263	49	6	111	0	0	24	0	453
2018	236	47	4	121	0	0	35	0	443
2019	245	54	4	105	2	1	42	0	453
2020	232	57	3	110	1	1	46	0	450
2021	210	54	4	101	1	1	50	0	421
2022	233	51	3	98	1	1	46	0	433
2023	219	52	2	96	2	1	46	0	418
2024	210	64	3	95	4	1	45	0	422

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 George O Barr School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	584	33.0	17.6	n/a
1989	566	32.0	17.6	n/a
1990	552	31.7	17.4	n/a
1991	556	31.7	17.5	n/a
1992	525	31.4	16.7	n/a
1993	492	28.7	17.1	n/a
1994	449	28.2	15.9	n/a
1995	494	30.0	16.5	n/a
1996	494	30.0	16.5	n/a
1997	499	29.2	17.1	n/a
1998	488	29.1	16.8	n/a
1999	484	30.1	16.1	n/a
2000	486	30.1	16.1	n/a
2001	432	31.5	13.7	n/a
2002	451	30.2	14.9	35.9
2003	451	30.2	14.9	35.9
2004	470	28.9	16.3	41.7
2005	431	27.3	15.8	46.5
2006	444	26.0	17.1	42.1
2007	434	22.0	19.7	47
2008	462	23.0	20.1	48.7
2009	466	25.4	18.3	49.2
2010	426	25.3	16.8	62.9
2011	418	23.3	17.9	54.5
2012	433	26.9	16.0	65.8
2013	421	31.7	13.2	61.8
2014	420	24.0	17.5	64.3
2015	461	27.0	17.0	72
2016	444	27.0	16.4	68.9
2017	453	27.4	16.5	65.3
2018	443	27.1	16.3	57.6
2019	453	28.1	16.1	59.2
2020	450	30.5	14.7	57.6
2021	421	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	433	30.6	14.1	60.7
2023	418	33.0	12.6	63.2
2024	422	35.3	11.9	66.4

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 George O Barr School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	584	33.0	17.6	n/a
1989	566	32.0	17.6	n/a
1990	552	31.7	17.4	n/a
1991	556	31.7	17.5	n/a
1992	525	31.4	16.7	n/a
1993	492	28.7	17.1	n/a
1994	449	28.2	15.9	n/a
1995	494	30.0	16.5	n/a
1996	494	30.0	16.5	n/a
1997	499	29.2	17.1	n/a
1998	488	29.1	16.8	n/a
1999	484	30.1	16.1	n/a
2000	486	30.1	16.1	n/a
2001	432	31.5	13.7	n/a
2002	451	30.2	14.9	35.9
2003	451	30.2	14.9	35.9
2004	470	28.9	16.3	41.7
2005	431	27.3	15.8	46.5
2006	444	26.0	17.1	42.1
2007	434	22.0	19.7	47
2008	462	23.0	20.1	48.7
2009	466	25.4	18.3	49.2
2010	426	25.3	16.8	62.9
2011	418	23.3	17.9	54.5
2012	433	26.9	16.0	65.8
2013	421	31.7	13.2	61.8
2014	420	24.0	17.5	64.3
2015	461	27.0	17.0	72
2016	444	27.0	16.4	68.9
2017	453	27.4	16.5	65.3
2018	443	27.1	16.3	57.6
2019	453	28.1	16.1	59.2
2020	450	30.5	14.7	57.6
2021	421	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	433	30.6	14.1	60.7
2023	418	33.0	12.6	63.2
2024	422	35.3	11.9	66.4

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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