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Whiteside Elementary School
Whiteside Elementary School is a public elementary school in Whiteside SD 115, serving grades PK - 4 in Belleville, St. Clair 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 St. Clair County elementary schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 39.9% | 49.5%42 schools | -9.6 pts |
| Math proficiency | 34.6% | 38.5%42 schools | -3.9 pts |
| Chronic absenteeism | 16.7% | 23.6%47 schools | -6.9 pts |
| Average class size | 18.9 | 21.148 schools | -2.2 |
| Low-income enrollment | 63.0% | 65.7%47 schools | -2.7 pts |
Median of other elementary schools in St. Clair 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 9.6 points below the median for other St. Clair County elementary schools (49.5%). Worth asking the school about.
- Chronic absenteeism is 6.9 points below the median for other St. Clair County elementary schools (23.6%). A relative strength.
Before you buy for this school
- Confirm the attendance boundary for the exact address with Whiteside SD 115. 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 Whiteside SD 115
- Whiteside Middle School Targeted
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: Whiteside 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.
