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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMPAIGN CUSD 4·NCES 170942000543
Bottenfield Elementary School
1801 S Prospect Ave, Champaign, IL 61820 · (217) 351-3807 · Champaign County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
214 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
41.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
38.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 32.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Bottenfield Elementary School
Bottenfield Elementary School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottenfield Elementary School this school | 456 | 46.9% | 40.0% |
| Oakland Elementary School Bloomington | 446 | 53.1% | 43.4% |
| Robeson Elementary School Champaign | 439 | 51.0% | 40.7% |
| Carrie Busey Elementary School Savoy | 444 | 42.1% | 47.8% |
| John L Sipley Elementary School Woodridge | 430 | 44.0% | 58.9% |
| Lindsay School Springfield | 438 | 48.4% | 37.8% |
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 Bottenfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #914 of 1,925 | #13 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,015 of 2,077 ▼ 291 | #13 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #1,293 of 2,077 ▼ 279 | #12 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #727 of 2,419 | #6 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,505 of 2,035 | #21 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #64 of 2,042 | #6 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.9% | #1,386 of 2,132 | #20 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #1,447 of 1,461 | #19 of 19 |
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
456
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 360
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 | 456 | 30.7 | 14.8:1 | 47% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 31.2 | 14.1:1 | 40% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 42% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 31.9 | 14.4:1 | 44% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 42% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 44% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bottenfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (458 to 456); teachers down 4% (31.9 to 30.7).
About Bottenfield Elementary School
Bottenfield Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Champaign, Illinois. There are 456 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Within Champaign CUSD 4, Bottenfield Elementary School is one of 18 schools. The district enrolls 10,598 students.
White students make up 38% of enrollment at Bottenfield Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 32% Black, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. In Champaign County overall, about 64% of residents are White. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Bottenfield Elementary School are from different groups.
Bottenfield Elementary School reports a ratio of 14.8 students per teacher, from 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.8:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. Lunch program data show 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Bottenfield Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Illinois public elementary schools.
A school with Bottenfield Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 44.4%. Bottenfield Elementary School scores 40.0%, 4.4 points below that line.
The school is in Champaign County, where median household income comes to about $63,683, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Champaign County counts 66 public schools with about 25,919 students.
International Prep Academy is about 0.8 miles from Bottenfield Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 39.4%, lower than Bottenfield Elementary School's 40.0%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 456, from 443 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Bottenfield Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Champaign CUSD 4
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,476 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- International Prep AcademyElementary · 681 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Other schools in Champaign
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,476 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- International Prep AcademyElementary · 681 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Nearby schools
- International Prep Academy0.8 mi · 681
- South Side Elementary School1.0 mi · 307
- Westview Elementary School1.1 mi · 434
- Edison Middle School1.3 mi · 647
- Jefferson Middle School1.5 mi · 711
- Centennial High School1.6 mi · 1,476
Frequently asked questions
About Bottenfield Elementary SchoolHow large is Bottenfield Elementary School?
Bottenfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bottenfield Elementary School serve?
Bottenfield Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bottenfield Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Bottenfield Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bottenfield Elementary School?
At Bottenfield Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 7% Hispanic, 32% Black, 12% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Bottenfield Elementary School in?
Bottenfield Elementary School is part of Champaign CUSD 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.