Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARIS-UNION SD 95·NCES 173075003194
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School
437 W Washington St, Paris, IL 61944 · (217) 466-3140 · Edgar County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% 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.
- A-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
14.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
178 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 2 | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 35% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Paris-Union SD 95. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
51.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.9pp since 2023
Math
41.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 22.9% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Carolyn Wenz Elementary School
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Wenz Elementary School this school | 258 | 69.0% | 42.7% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School Pleasant Hill | 254 | 68.1% | 25.7% |
| Zeigler-Royalton Elementary School Mulkeytown | 258 | 72.5% | 27.3% |
| Hardin County Elementary School Elizabethtown | 216 | 66.7% | 42.8% |
| Prophetstown Elementary School Prophetstown | 229 | 65.1% | 39.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Pekin | 290 | 73.4% | 27.3% |
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 Carolyn Wenz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Edgar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #835 of 1,925 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #919 of 2,077 ▲ 153 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #939 of 2,077 ▲ 204 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #1,789 of 2,419 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,260 of 2,035 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.5% | #1,579 of 2,042 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #761 of 2,132 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #606 of 1,461 | N/A |
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
258
+34 (+15%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 167
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 | 258 | 18.4 | 14.0:1 | 69% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 19.4 | 13.2:1 | 72% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 18.4 | 13.3:1 | 64% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 224 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 20.6 | 14.9:1 | 60% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 63% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 59% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 140 | 12 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 167 | 11 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carolyn Wenz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (308 to 258); teachers down 11% (20.6 to 18.4).
About Carolyn Wenz Elementary School
This page covers Carolyn Wenz Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Paris, Illinois. Classes run from 3 through 5, and the school has 258 students. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 32% lower.
Paris-Union SD 95 runs 5 schools with a combined 1,231 students. Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is one of them.
White students are the large majority at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School, with 88% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, Carolyn Wenz Elementary School comes in at 21%.
The count of teachers at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is 18.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Around 69% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Edgar County is 55%.
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is 11.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Across Edgar County, median household income is about $59,941, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is among the 19 public schools in Edgar County.
Nearby, Mayo Middle School is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 7. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.9%; Carolyn Wenz Elementary School's is 42.7%, ranking 4th of 5.
The NCES locale for Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 224 in 2020-21 and 258 in 2024-25, a 15% increase.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Edgar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,535
Census ACS
Median income
$59,941
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
2,650 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paris-Union SD 95
- Paris Cooperative High School 95High · 366 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Mayo Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
- Creative Center for ChildrenElementary · 73 students
Other schools in Paris
- Paris Cooperative High School 95High · 366 students
- Crestwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Mayo Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
- Paris Cooperative High School 4High · 179 students
- Crestwood Jr High SchoolMiddle · 134 students
Nearby schools
- Mayo Middle School0.6 mi · 241
- Memorial Elementary School0.8 mi · 293
- Creative Center for Children1.2 mi · 73
- Crestwood Elementary School1.5 mi · 309
- Crestwood Jr High School1.5 mi · 134
- Paris Cooperative High School 42.4 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Carolyn Wenz Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School?
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades 03-05.
Is Carolyn Wenz Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carolyn Wenz Elementary School?
At Carolyn Wenz Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Carolyn Wenz Elementary School in?
Carolyn Wenz Elementary School is part of Paris-Union SD 95.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.