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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARGENTA-OREANA CUSD 1·NCES 170399000084
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School
400 W South St, Oreana, IL 62554 · (217) 468-2121 · Macon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
238 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 73 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Based on grade levels within Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.9pp since 2023
Math
41.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 41.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 29.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Argenta-Oreana Elementary School
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argenta-Oreana Elementary School this school | 445 | 53.5% | 44.6% |
| Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School Warrensburg | 475 | 51.8% | 56.1% |
| South Elementary School Chillicothe | 424 | 52.8% | 57.8% |
| Bethalto East Primary School Bethalto | 387 | 51.9% | N/A |
| Wolf Ridge Education Center Bunker Hill | 407 | 51.4% | 40.8% |
| Washington Elementary School Robinson | 402 | 54.2% | N/A |
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 Argenta-Oreana Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Macon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #754 of 1,925 | #4 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #930 of 2,077 ▼ 94 | #4 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #928 of 2,077 ▲ 152 | #4 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #776 of 2,419 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,181 of 2,035 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #1,468 of 2,042 | #14 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #1,204 of 2,132 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #1,045 of 1,461 | #3 of 7 |
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
445
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
+93% since 1990-91, when it was 231
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 | 445 | 32.1 | 13.9:1 | 53% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 32.1 | 14.4:1 | 54% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 30.2 | 14.8:1 | 50% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 30.7 | 15.7:1 | 49% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 45% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 39% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 32 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 231 | 13 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Argenta-Oreana Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (482 to 445); teachers up 5% (30.7 to 32.1).
About Argenta-Oreana Elementary School
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School is an elementary school in Oreana, Illinois, according to federal school records. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 445 students.
District-wide, Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1 has 3 schools and 893 students.
The share of students at Argenta-Oreana Elementary School who are White is 85%. Enrollment also includes 8% multiracial and 4% Black. Among people living in Macon County, the White share is about 74%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 27%.
On staff are 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 53% of students at Argenta-Oreana Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Macon County average 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Argenta-Oreana Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 57% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Argenta-Oreana Elementary School's results are 4.0 points above predicted: 44.6% against 40.6%.
Looking at the county, Macon County, median household income comes to about $62,666, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 43, with about 14,702 students.
A public school about 3.7 miles away, Maroa-Forsyth Grade School, is the closest to Argenta-Oreana Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Argenta-Oreana Elementary School comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% increase, from 424 to 445.
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Macon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,849
Census ACS
Median income
$62,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
14,702 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1
- Argenta-Oreana High SchoolHigh · 268 students
- Argenta-Oreana Middle SchoolMiddle · 180 students
Nearby schools
- Maroa-Forsyth Grade School3.7 mi · 593
- Argenta-Oreana High School4.4 mi · 268
- Argenta-Oreana Middle School4.4 mi · 180
- Stephen Decatur Middle School5.1 mi · 413
- Parsons Elementary School6.1 mi · 505
- Robertson Charter School6.1 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Argenta-Oreana Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Argenta-Oreana Elementary School?
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Argenta-Oreana Elementary School serve?
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Argenta-Oreana Elementary School have?
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Argenta-Oreana Elementary School?
At Argenta-Oreana Elementary School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Argenta-Oreana Elementary School?
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School is overseen by Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1 in Macon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.