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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE SD 118·NCES 170561000231
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
820 Royal Heights Rd, Belleville, IL 62226 · (618) 233-2414 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
451 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
38.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
16.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.6% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 8.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School this school | 542 | 83.2% | 26.5% |
| Dennis Lab School Decatur | 579 | 84.6% | 9.9% |
| Parrish Elementary School Carbondale | 466 | 79.4% | N/A |
| Dr Maude A Sanders Primary School Peoria | 442 | 87.8% | 16.8% |
| Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed Center Peoria | 584 | 78.3% | N/A |
| Union Elementary School Belleville | 432 | 78.0% | 36.5% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abraham Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,396 of 1,925 | #34 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #1,702 of 2,077 ▼ 7 | #36 of 43 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #1,399 of 2,077 ▲ 20 | #31 of 43 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #395 of 2,419 | #7 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,780 of 2,035 | #37 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #802 of 2,042 | #23 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #439 of 2,132 | #11 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #1,147 of 1,461 | #22 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
542
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
+70% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 542 | 33.1 | 16.4:1 | 83% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 35.5 | 14.7:1 | 78% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 33.8 | 15.2:1 | 79% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 29.4 | 19.6:1 | 75% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 78% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 61% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 20 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 17 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abraham Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (576 to 542); teachers up 12% (29.4 to 33.1).
About Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Illinois, located in Belleville. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 542 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 42% bigger than average.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is one of 11 schools in Belleville SD 118, which enrolls 3,275 students in total.
At Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Black students make up 64% of the student body. Next come 22% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 28% Black. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School counts 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.4 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.5 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 83% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in St. Clair County is 54%.
A school with Abraham Lincoln Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 23.5%. Abraham Lincoln Elementary School scores 26.5%, 3.1 points above that line.
St. Clair County census figures show that the median household income is $73,854, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 96 public schools in St. Clair County, enrolling about 40,879 students in all.
Nearby, West Jr High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Abraham Lincoln Elementary School's average proficiency of 26.5% compares with 41.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment declined 5% from its 2020-21 level of 568.
Discussions about Abraham Lincoln Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville SD 118
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- West Jr High SchoolMiddle · 364 students
- Westhaven ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Other Abraham Lincoln Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 11 states are named Abraham Lincoln Elementary. Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 22.
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolOak Park, IL · 580 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn, IL · 559 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryCupertino, CA · 662 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 633 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryPalm Desert, CA · 607 students
Nearby schools
- West Jr High School0.1 mi · 364
- Wolf Branch Middle School1.0 mi · 341
- Wolf Branch Elementary School1.4 mi · 482
- Union Elementary School1.4 mi · 432
- High Mount Elementary School1.5 mi · 325
- Franklin Elementary School2.3 mi · 172
Frequently asked questions
About Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary School?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-06.
Is Abraham Lincoln Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Abraham Lincoln Elementary School have?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 5% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Abraham Lincoln Elementary School?
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is overseen by Belleville SD 118 in St. Clair County.
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