Adams School

Located at 15470 Lake of Egypt Rd, in Creal Springs, Illinois, Adams School is a modestly sized primary school that caters to 283 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Marion CUSD 2. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Marion CUSD 2 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,684 students; Adams School is among them.

On demographics, Adams School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. Compared to Williamson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Williamson County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Adams School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.0%; actual is 63.8%, +16.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Williamson County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,604, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Williamson County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,700 students), Adams School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Goreville High School, around 7.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Adams School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

Adams School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Adams School's enrollment has expanded 12% since 2018, when it stood at 252 (now 283). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 1% to 5%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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