Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BISMARCK HENNING CUSD·NCES 170639000310
Bismarck-Henning Elementary School
5 W Holloway St, Bismarck, IL 61814 · (217) 759-7251 · Vermilion County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
127 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (59).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Bismarck Henning CUSD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
33.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 28.1% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 Bismarck-Henning Elementary School
Bismarck-Henning Elementary School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bismarck-Henning Elementary School this school | 309 | 41.1% | 33.6% |
| Steeleville Elementary School Steeleville | 323 | 43.0% | 34.1% |
| Porta Central Petersburg | 288 | 41.0% | 44.7% |
| Adams School Creal Springs | 283 | 42.4% | 63.8% |
| Woodlawn Grade School Woodlawn | 322 | 43.2% | 47.5% |
| Galva Elementary School Galva | 280 | 42.9% | 41.9% |
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 Bismarck-Henning Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Vermilion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #1,138 of 1,925 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #938 of 2,077 ▼ 56 | #2 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,569 of 2,077 ▲ 24 | #9 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #1,489 of 2,419 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,043 of 2,035 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #1,628 of 2,042 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #1,527 of 2,132 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #890 of 1,461 | #6 of 8 |
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
309
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 299
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 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 41% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 20.8 | 14.3:1 | 48% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 19.8 | 15.5:1 | 45% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 38% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | 30% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 21 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 299 | 19 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bismarck-Henning Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (345 to 309); teachers up 15% (20 to 23).
About Bismarck-Henning Elementary School
Bismarck-Henning Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Bismarck, Illinois. The school covers pre-K through 4 and reported 309 students in 2024-25.
Bismarck Henning CUSD is the local district for Bismarck-Henning Elementary School. It runs 3 schools with 802 students.
By race and ethnicity, Bismarck-Henning Elementary School is 89% White. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Vermilion County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bismarck-Henning Elementary School is 13.4:1, based on 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Bismarck-Henning Elementary School counts 41% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 71% for public schools in Vermilion County.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Bismarck-Henning Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Illinois. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.6%, against a prediction of 47.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Vermilion County show that the median household earns about $56,877 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Vermilion County has 41 public schools with about 11,267 students, including Bismarck-Henning Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Bismarck-Henning Jr High School is closest at about 0.4 miles. Bismarck-Henning Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 24.4% proficiency; Bismarck-Henning Elementary School posts 33.6%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 309, compared with 297 in 2020-21.
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Vermilion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,386
Census ACS
Median income
$56,877
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
11,267 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bismarck Henning CUSD
- Coop HS 1High · 247 students
- Bismarck-Henning Jr High SchoolMiddle · 246 students
Other schools in Bismarck
- Coop HS 1High · 247 students
- Bismarck-Henning Jr High SchoolMiddle · 246 students
- B H R A Cooperative High SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Bismarck-Henning Jr High School0.4 mi · 246
- Coop HS 10.4 mi · 247
- Liberty Elementary School6.3 mi · 377
- Edison Elementary School7.3 mi · 233
- North Ridge Middle School7.5 mi · 740
- Northeast Elementary Magnet School8.5 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Bismarck-Henning Elementary SchoolHow large is Bismarck-Henning Elementary School?
Bismarck-Henning Elementary School enrolls approximately 309 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Bismarck-Henning Elementary School serve?
Bismarck-Henning Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bismarck-Henning Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bismarck-Henning Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bismarck-Henning Elementary School?
At Bismarck-Henning Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bismarck-Henning Elementary School?
Bismarck-Henning Elementary School is overseen by Bismarck Henning CUSD in Vermilion County.
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