Enrollment
74
Elementary
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLESTON CUSD 1·NCES 170960000565
Ashmore Elementary School
313 S Ohio St, Ashmore, IL 61912 · (217) 349-3000 · Coles County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL74 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
39 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 14 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 17% larger than its 4th grade class (12).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.9pp since 2023
Math
27.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 27.6% |
| 2023-24 | 10.7% | 3.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Ashmore Elementary School
Ashmore Elementary School's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmore Elementary School this school | 74 | 52.7% | 22.3% |
| Kell Grade School Kell | 64 | 54.7% | 31.1% |
| Bluffs Elementary School Bluffs | 81 | 49.4% | 48.2% |
| Bond County CUSD 2 ECC Greenville | 75 | 57.3% | N/A |
| Mercer County ELC Joy | 66 | 53.0% | N/A |
| Malden Grade School Malden | 79 | 54.4% | 40.8% |
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 Ashmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Coles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 74 | #2,375 of 2,419 | #7 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
74
-15 (-17%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 145
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 | 74 | 8 | 9.3:1 | 53% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 72 | 7 | 10.3:1 | 56% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 7.5 | 10.9:1 | 55% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 89 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 113 | 8 | 14.1:1 | 42% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 96 | 7 | 13.7:1 | 45% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 138 | 6 | 23.0:1 | 38% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 146 | 6 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 145 | 5 | 29.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (113 to 74); teachers unchanged (8 to 8).
About Ashmore Elementary School
Ashmore Elementary School is a very small elementary school in Ashmore, Illinois, one of the schools in Charleston CUSD 1. The school covers kindergarten through 4 and reported 74 students in 2024-25. The school is 81% below the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Enrollment across the 6 schools in Charleston CUSD 1 totals 2,744 students.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at Ashmore Elementary School. Other reported shares: 11% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Ashmore Elementary School are from different groups.
Ashmore Elementary School lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 53% of the student body. Public schools in Coles County average a similar 55%.
After accounting for student poverty, Ashmore Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.3% is 18.8 points below the 41.1% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Coles County area, the median household earns about $56,478 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Coles County, 23 public schools serve about 5,973 students.
A public school about 4.5 miles away, Kansas High School, is the closest to Ashmore Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 38.9%, higher than Ashmore Elementary School's 22.3%.
Ashmore Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 74, down from 89 in 2020-21.
The Ashmore Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Coles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,777
Census ACS
Median income
$56,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
5,973 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charleston CUSD 1
- Charleston High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMiddle · 698 students
- Carl Sandburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Charleston Middle SchoolMiddle · 401 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Kansas High School4.5 mi · 73
- Kansas Elementary School4.5 mi · 95
- Charleston Middle School8.3 mi · 401
- Charleston High School8.3 mi · 795
- Mark Twain Elementary School8.4 mi · 221
- Jefferson Elementary School8.5 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About Ashmore Elementary SchoolHow large is Ashmore Elementary School?
Ashmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 74 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Ashmore Elementary School serve?
Ashmore Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Ashmore Elementary School have?
Ashmore Elementary School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ashmore Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ashmore Elementary School are roughly 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Two or more.
What district is Ashmore Elementary School in?
Ashmore Elementary School is part of Charleston CUSD 1.
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