Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLINVILLE CUSD 1·NCES 170843004563
Carlinville Intermediate School
450 W Buchanan St, Carlinville, IL 62626 · (217) 854-9523 · Macoupin County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- B+Beats 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
16.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
118 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 88 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 31% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
64.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +21.9pp since 2023
Math
51.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 65 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.6% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 45.8% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Carlinville Intermediate School
Carlinville Intermediate School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlinville Intermediate School this school | 267 | 44.2% | 53.3% |
| Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln | 288 | 44.4% | 59.2% |
| Brighton North Primary School Brighton | 293 | 43.3% | N/A |
| Midland Elementary School Lacon | 249 | 43.0% | 47.5% |
| Galva Elementary School Galva | 280 | 42.9% | 41.9% |
| North Elementary School Nokomis | 287 | 44.3% | 47.6% |
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 Carlinville Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Macoupin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #490 of 1,925 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #637 of 2,077 ▼ 232 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #515 of 2,077 ▲ 192 | #3 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #1,729 of 2,419 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,813 of 2,035 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,704 of 2,042 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #1,455 of 2,132 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #1,074 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
267
+25 (+10%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 329
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 | 267 | 16 | 16.7:1 | 44% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 16 | 16.5:1 | 47% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 17.3 | 15.1:1 | 45% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 17.1 | 16.8:1 | 51% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 50% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 12 | 20.0:1 | 43% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 19 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carlinville Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (287 to 267); teachers down 6% (17.1 to 16).
About Carlinville Intermediate School
Carlinville Intermediate School is an elementary school located in Carlinville, Illinois, in Macoupin County. Total enrollment is 267 students, and the grades served are 3 through 5. That is 30% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Carlinville CUSD 1 runs Carlinville Intermediate School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 1,282 students in total.
Carlinville Intermediate School is 91% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial and 2% Black. That is in line with Macoupin County, where about 94% of residents are White. The diversity index for Carlinville Intermediate School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Carlinville Intermediate School comes to 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Carlinville Intermediate School counts 44% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Carlinville Intermediate School outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
In Illinois, Carlinville Intermediate School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.3% actual against a predicted 46.0%.
The school's county is Macoupin County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $70,805, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Macoupin County's 28 public schools enroll about 7,221 students and include Carlinville Intermediate School.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Carlinville High School, is the closest to Carlinville Intermediate School. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Carlinville Intermediate School. Its average proficiency rate of 53.3% is above the 38.3% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Carlinville Intermediate School is Town: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 267, up from 242 in 2020-21.
Carlinville Intermediate School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Macoupin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,350
Census ACS
Median income
$70,805
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
7,221 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carlinville CUSD 1
- Carlinville Primary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Carlinville High SchoolHigh · 353 students
- Carlinville Middle SchoolMiddle · 286 students
Other schools in Carlinville
- Carlinville Primary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Carlinville High SchoolHigh · 353 students
- Carlinville Middle SchoolMiddle · 286 students
- ROE Alt. Edu. Center-GreeneHigh
- ROE Alt. Edu. Center-MacoupinHigh
- ROE Safe School GreeneHigh
Nearby schools
- Carlinville High School0.7 mi · 353
- Carlinville Middle School0.7 mi · 286
- Carlinville Primary School1.6 mi · 376
- Gillespie High School11.5 mi · 328
- Gillespie Middle School11.5 mi · 244
- Ben-Gil Elementary School11.5 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Carlinville Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carlinville Intermediate School?
Carlinville Intermediate School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Carlinville Intermediate School serve?
Carlinville Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Carlinville Intermediate School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Carlinville Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carlinville Intermediate School?
At Carlinville Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Carlinville Intermediate School public or private?
Carlinville Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carlinville CUSD 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.