Enrollment
124
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AKIN CCSD 91·NCES 170321000014
Akin Comm Cons Elementary School
21962 Akin Blacktop, Akin, IL 62890 · (618) 627-2180 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A+Beats 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
10.8:1
11 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
68 students
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 | 18 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 8 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 5 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 10 | 8% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
68.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
57.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 49.1% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 25 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 Akin Comm Cons Elementary School
Akin Comm Cons Elementary School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akin Comm Cons Elementary School this school | 124 | 54.8% | 65.2% |
| Ashley Com Consolidated School Ashley | 115 | 53.9% | 39.7% |
| Dahlgren Elementary School Dahlgren | 139 | 56.1% | 44.7% |
| Clay City Elementary School Clay City | 125 | 59.2% | 27.3% |
| West Prairie North Elementary School Good Hope | 141 | 57.4% | 27.1% |
| Bradford Grade School Bradford | 123 | 52.0% | 56.5% |
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 Akin Comm Cons Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #199 of 1,925 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #466 of 2,077 ▼ 144 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #376 of 2,077 ▼ 90 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 124 | #2,285 of 2,419 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #1,165 of 2,132 | #7 of 9 |
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
124
+16 (+15%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 108
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 | 124 | 11.5 | 10.8:1 | 55% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 112 | 13.1 | 8.6:1 | 52% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 106 | 10.5 | 10.1:1 | 45% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 108 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 87 | 10 | 8.7:1 | 44% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 90 | 10 | 9.0:1 | 49% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 117 | 9 | 13.0:1 | 40% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 133 | 10 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 108 | 8 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Akin Comm Cons Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (87 to 124); teachers up 14% (10 to 11.5).
About Akin Comm Cons Elementary School
At 21962 Akin Blacktop in Akin, Illinois, Akin Comm Cons Elementary School operates as a very small elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 124 students. The school is 67% below the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Akin Comm Cons Elementary School reports to Akin CCSD 91.
A large majority of enrollment at Akin Comm Cons Elementary School is White, at 99%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 2%.
With 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.8:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Akin Comm Cons Elementary School, 55% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Franklin County is close, at 57%.
Akin Comm Cons Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 91% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Akin Comm Cons Elementary School is in the top 10% of Illinois schools: 65.2% actual against 39.9% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Franklin County show that median household income comes to about $56,740, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Franklin County counts 25 public schools with about 5,523 students.
Thompsonville Grade School, about 4.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Akin Comm Cons Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Akin Comm Cons Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Akin Comm Cons Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment rose by 15% across 4 years, from 108 in 2020-21 to 124 in 2024-25.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,323
Census ACS
Median income
$56,740
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
5,523 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Akin Comm Cons Elementary SchoolHow large is Akin Comm Cons Elementary School?
Akin Comm Cons Elementary School enrolls approximately 124 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Akin Comm Cons Elementary School serve?
Akin Comm Cons Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Akin Comm Cons Elementary School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Akin Comm Cons Elementary School.
How diverse is Akin Comm Cons Elementary School?
Akin Comm Cons Elementary School reports a student body of 99% White, 1% Two or more.
Is Akin Comm Cons Elementary School public or private?
Akin Comm Cons Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Akin CCSD 91.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.