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Bernard Long Elementary School
Bernard Long Elementary School is a public elementary school in Madison CUSD 12, serving grades PK - 5 in Madison, Madison County, Illinois. In the 2025 Illinois Report Card (2024-25 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education designated it Intensive, the same designation it received in 2023 and 2024.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Intensive
- 2024Intensive
- 2025Intensive
What Intensive means: Completed a full Comprehensive Support cycle but remained in the lowest-performing 5 percent of Title I-eligible schools (or a high school at or below a 67 percent graduation rate). Subject to more rigorous state action.
How it compares with other Madison County elementary schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 13.5% | 46.9%31 schools | -33.4 pts |
| Math proficiency | 10.6% | 39.0%30 schools | -28.4 pts |
| Chronic absenteeism | 51.1% | 19.5%45 schools | +31.6 pts |
| Average class size | 17.8 | 21.448 schools | -3.6 |
| Low-income enrollment | 98.5% | 56.1%48 schools | +42.4 pts |
Median of other elementary schools in Madison County with reported data, this school excluded, not weighted by enrollment. Proficiency is from the 2024-25 state tests. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores in 2025, so these percentages cannot be compared with earlier years.
What stands out
- ELA proficiency is 33.4 points below the median for other Madison County elementary schools (46.9%). Worth asking the school about.
- Chronic absenteeism is 31.6 points above the median for other Madison County elementary schools (19.5%). Worth asking the school about.
Before you buy for this school
- Confirm the attendance boundary for the exact address with Madison CUSD 12. Boundaries change, and a listing's school field is not a guarantee.
- Visit. A designation summarizes test results, growth and attendance. It does not describe a classroom.
- Read the full report card for student-group results, growth and staffing.
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Other schools in Madison CUSD 12
- Madison Junior High School Commendable
- Madison Senior High School Commendable
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: Bernard Long Elementary School
- ISBE Report Card Public Data Sets, 2023, 2024 and 2025, retrieved 2026-10-06
- ISBE 2025 Report Card Glossary (designation definitions)
This page reports state-published data. It is not a rating or recommendation by Single Tree Team.
