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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in LaSalle County, Illinois

19 public elementary schools in LaSalle County, Illinois appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. McKinley Elementary School leads the list at 72.0%, against a median of 51.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

LaSalle County, Illinois

Top % Proficient (Reading)

72.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

51.4%

BEST IN READING · LASALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	McKinley Elementary School	Ottawa, IL	Ottawa ESD 141	Elementary	364	72.0%	▲ 1
2	Wallace Elementary School	Ottawa, IL	Wallace CCSD 195	Elementary	420	71.0%	▼ 1
3	Waltham Elementary School	Utica, IL	Waltham CCSD 185	Elementary	246	70.5%	▲ 2
4	Seneca Grade School North Campus	Seneca, IL	Seneca CCSD 170	Elementary	256	68.3%	▲ 2
5	Dimmick Comm Cons SD 175	La Salle, IL	Dimmick Comm Cons SD #175	Elementary	153	67.0%	▼ 2
6	Grand Ridge School	Grand Ridge, IL	Grand Ridge CCSD 95	Elementary	212	64.9%	▼ 2
7	Northview Elementary School	Peru, IL	Peru ESD 124	Elementary	594	57.0%	▲ 5
8	Leland Elementary School	Leland, IL	Leland CUSD 1	Elementary	175	55.2%	▲ 2
9	Milton Pope Elementary School	Marseilles, IL	Miller Twp CCSD 210	Elementary	195	51.6%	no change
10	Jefferson Elementary School	Ottawa, IL	Ottawa ESD 141	Elementary	304	51.4%	▼ 2
11	Harding Grade School	Earlville, IL	Serena CUSD 2	Elementary	130	51.2%	▼ 4
12	Lincoln Elementary School	Ottawa, IL	Ottawa ESD 141	Elementary	387	47.0%	▲ 6
13	Earlville Elementary School	Earlville, IL	Earlville CUSD 9	Elementary	253	42.7%	▼ 2
14	Northwest Elementary School	La Salle, IL	La Salle ESD 122	Elementary	650	39.0%	▼ 1
15	Lincoln Elementary School	Mendota, IL	Mendota CCSD 289	Elementary	319	37.6%	no change
16	Lincoln Elementary School	Oglesby, IL	Oglesby ESD 125	Elementary	328	37.0%	▼ 2
17	Sheridan Elementary School	Sheridan, IL	Serena CUSD 2	Elementary	135	36.7%	▼ 1
18	Centennial Elementary School	Streator, IL	Streator ESD 44	Elementary	482	30.2%	▼ 1
19	Marseilles Elementary School	Marseilles, IL	Marseilles ESD 150	Elementary	528	28.1%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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