Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOLINE-COAL VALLEY CUSD 40·NCES 172640002817
Bicentennial Elementary School
1004 1st St, Coal Valley, IL 61240 · (309) 743-1614 · Rock Island County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
142 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
42.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
50.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +20.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 29.8% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Bicentennial Elementary School
Bicentennial Elementary School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicentennial Elementary School this school | 328 | 43.3% | 42.3% |
| Woodland Elementary/Jr High School Streator | 320 | 41.9% | 32.3% |
| Genoa Elementary School Genoa | 353 | 40.5% | 32.8% |
| Kingston Elementary School Kingston | 310 | 43.2% | N/A |
| McKinley Elementary School Ottawa | 364 | 40.9% | 61.5% |
| James R Wood Elementary School Somonauk | 298 | 39.6% | 42.3% |
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 Bicentennial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Rock Island County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #846 of 1,925 | #4 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #654 of 2,077 ▲ 159 | #3 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #1,250 of 2,077 ▼ 337 | #8 of 28 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #1,369 of 2,419 | #13 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,781 of 2,035 | #25 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #1,094 of 2,042 | #26 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #1,477 of 2,132 | #27 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #290 of 615 | #6 of 10 |
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
328
+39 (+13%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 365
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 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 43% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 18.5 | 18.2:1 | 46% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 19.5 | 16.0:1 | 45% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 17.3 | 17.3:1 | 30% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 27% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 28% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 274 | 21 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 20 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bicentennial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (299 to 328); teachers up 16% (17.3 to 20).
About Bicentennial Elementary School
Bicentennial Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Coal Valley, Illinois. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 328 students on the rolls.
Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 is made up of 14 schools with 7,257 students in all.
The share of White students at Bicentennial Elementary School is 73%, a majority. Other students are 16% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put Rock Island County at about 72% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Bicentennial Elementary School are from different groups.
Bicentennial Elementary School lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. About 43% of students at Bicentennial Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 65% average for public schools in Rock Island County is 22 points.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Bicentennial Elementary School's results are 4.2 points below predicted: 42.3% against 46.5%.
In the surrounding county, Rock Island County, the median household earns about $67,159 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Bicentennial Elementary School, Rock Island County has 57 public schools.
Butterworth Elementary School sits about 2.0 miles from Bicentennial Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bicentennial Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 289 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 328 by 2024-25.
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Rock Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
142,757
Census ACS
Median income
$67,159
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
21,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
- Moline Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- John Deere Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Lincoln-Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other Bicentennial Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bicentennial Elementary. Bicentennial Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bicentennial Elementary SchoolNashua, NH · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Butterworth Elementary School2.0 mi · 273
- Jane Addams Elementary School2.3 mi · 299
- Wells Elementary School3.3 mi · 307
- Moline Sr High School3.3 mi · 2,195
- Jefferson Early Childhood Center3.4 mi · 130
- Roosevelt Elementary School3.6 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Bicentennial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bicentennial Elementary School?
Bicentennial Elementary School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bicentennial Elementary School serve?
Bicentennial Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bicentennial Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bicentennial Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bicentennial Elementary School?
Bicentennial Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bicentennial Elementary School in?
Bicentennial Elementary School is part of Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40.
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