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N O Nelson Elementary School
N O Nelson Elementary School is a public elementary school in Edwardsville CUSD 7, serving grades K - 2 in Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. In the 2025 Illinois Report Card (2024-25 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education designated it Commendable, the same designation it received in 2023 and 2024.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Commendable
- 2024Commendable
- 2025Commendable
What Commendable means: No student group performing at or below the level of the lowest 5 percent of schools, and overall performance outside the top 10 percent statewide.
How it compares with other Madison County elementary schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | nan% | 44.9%32 schools | +nan pts |
| Math proficiency | nan% | 38.1%31 schools | +nan pts |
| Chronic absenteeism | 17.6% | 20.6%45 schools | -3.0 pts |
| Average class size | 20.3 | 21.448 schools | -1.1 |
| Low-income enrollment | 31.5% | 57.3%48 schools | -25.8 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
- No measure differs from the county median for this school type by 5 points or more.
Before you buy for this school
- Confirm the attendance boundary for the exact address with Edwardsville CUSD 7. Boundaries change, and a listing's school field is not a guarantee.
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Other schools in Edwardsville CUSD 7
- Albert Cassens Elementary Exemplary
- Columbus Elementary School Commendable
- Edwardsville High School Exemplary
- Glen Carbon Elementary School Exemplary
- Goshen Elementary Exemplary
- Hamel Elementary School Commendable
- LeClaire Elementary School Commendable
- Liberty Middle School Commendable
- Lincoln Middle School Commendable
- Midway School Commendable
- Woodland Elementary School Commendable
- Worden Elementary School Commendable
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: N O Nelson 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.
