Albert Cassens Elementary

Albert Cassens Elementary is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Glen Carbon, Illinois, run under Edwardsville CUSD 7, educateing 477 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Edwardsville CUSD 7 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,060 students. Albert Cassens Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Albert Cassens Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Albert Cassens Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Albert Cassens Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.3%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Madison County reports that median household income runs about $75,793, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Albert Cassens Elementary is one of 84 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students).

Nearest neighbor: Liberty Middle School, around 2.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Albert Cassens Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.