Annawan Grade School

Annawan Grade School, a modestly sized primary school in Annawan, Illinois, overseen by Annawan CUSD 226, enrolls 243 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Annawan Grade School sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Annawan CUSD 226 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 342 students; Annawan Grade School is among them.

Demographically, Annawan Grade School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Annawan Grade School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Annawan Grade School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Annawan Grade School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 60.8%, a residual of +11.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Henry County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,911 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Annawan Grade School is one of 28 public schools in Henry County (combined enrollment of about 7,723 students).

The closest other public school is Annawan High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Annawan Grade School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Annawan Grade School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 250 (now 243). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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