Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION CUSD 2·NCES 172460002662
Adams School
15470 Lake of Egypt Rd, Creal Springs, IL 62922 · (618) 996-2181 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
120 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Adams School→Marion High School
Based on grade levels within Marion CUSD 2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
75.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 42.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Adams School
Adams School's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams School this school | 283 | 42.4% | 63.8% |
| Galva Elementary School Galva | 280 | 42.9% | 41.9% |
| Centennial Elementary School Polo | 294 | 43.9% | 63.5% |
| Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln | 288 | 44.4% | 59.2% |
| Brighton North Primary School Brighton | 293 | 43.3% | N/A |
| Porta Central Petersburg | 288 | 41.0% | 44.7% |
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 Adams School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #233 of 1,925 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #451 of 2,077 ▲ 44 | #6 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #230 of 2,077 ▼ 116 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #1,640 of 2,419 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #351 of 2,035 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #1,651 of 2,042 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #1,498 of 2,132 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.3% | #221 of 615 | N/A |
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
283
+42 (+17%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 165
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 | 283 | 25 | 11.3:1 | 42% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 19.5 | 13.5:1 | 45% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 47% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 252 | 19.9 | 12.7:1 | 54% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 59% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 155 | 12 | 12.9:1 | 59% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 151 | 10 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 165 | 9 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (252 to 283); teachers up 26% (19.9 to 25).
About Adams School
Federal records list Adams School as an elementary school in Creal Springs, Illinois. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 283 students. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Within Marion CUSD 2, Adams School is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 3,684 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Adams School is White, at 90%. It is also 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among Williamson County residents, the White share is about 89%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Adams School scores 19%.
Adams School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.6 students per teacher. About 42% of students at Adams School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 12 points below the 54% average for public schools in Williamson County.
Adams School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Adams School outperforms its prediction by 16.8 points. The model expects 47.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois; the school's rate is 63.8%.
For the population of Williamson County, median household income comes to about $65,604, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Williamson County counts 26 public schools with about 9,700 students.
A public school about 7.4 miles away, Goreville High School, is the closest to Adams School. Adams School has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. The school's 63.8% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 283, from 241 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Adams School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,876
Census ACS
Median income
$65,604
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,700 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marion CUSD 2
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 1,075 students
- Marion Jr High SchoolMiddle · 742 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
Other Adams schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Adams. Adams School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Adams SchoolLAYTON, UT · 645 students
- Adams SchoolLOGAN, UT · 338 students
- Adams SchoolEverett, MA · 162 students
- Adams SchoolCastine, ME · 45 students
Nearby schools
- Goreville High School7.4 mi · 166
- Goreville Elementary School7.4 mi · 464
- Marion High School7.6 mi · 1,075
- New Simpson Hill Dist 327.8 mi · 228
- Longfellow Elementary School8.0 mi · 261
- Washington Elementary School8.1 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Adams SchoolHow many students attend Adams School?
Adams School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-08.
Is Adams School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Adams School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Adams School have?
Adams School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Adams School?
Student demographics at Adams School are roughly 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Adams School public or private?
Adams School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marion CUSD 2.
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