Aviston Elem School

Set in Aviston, Illinois, Aviston Elem School is an average-sized elementary campus, run under Aviston SD 21. It works with 462 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Aviston Elem School sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Aviston SD 21 is the operating authority for Aviston Elem School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Aviston Elem School records that nearly all students (99%) are White. By comparison, Clinton County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Clinton County's rate of about 36%.

With demographic context factored in, Aviston Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.1%, the actual is 75.1%, a residual of +7.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clinton County put median household income runs about $86,588, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clinton County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,278 students), of which Aviston Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Central Comm High School, roughly 2.9 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Aviston Elem School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.