Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROXANA CUSD 1·NCES 173501003673
Central Intermediate School
601 Chaffer Ave, Roxana, IL 62084 · (618) 254-7594 · Madison County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+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
15.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
210 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 137 | 38% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 31% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 Roxana CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
32.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 21.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Central Intermediate School
Central Intermediate School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Intermediate School this school | 365 | 57.5% | 33.5% |
| Mt Carmel Elementary School Mount Carmel | 361 | 57.3% | N/A |
| Jefferson Elementary School Dixon | 344 | 58.7% | 32.3% |
| Hamilton Elementary School Hamilton | 384 | 56.3% | 51.3% |
| Vienna Elementary School Dist 55 Vienna | 386 | 57.5% | 44.9% |
| Madison School Dixon | 323 | 56.0% | 38.8% |
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 Central Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #1,141 of 1,925 | #18 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,186 of 2,077 ▼ 53 | #16 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,374 of 2,077 ▲ 4 | #18 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #1,174 of 2,419 | #22 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,611 of 2,035 | #22 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #1,385 of 2,042 | #25 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #1,081 of 2,132 | #17 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #1,003 of 1,461 | #15 of 29 |
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
365
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 451
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 | 365 | 23.8 | 15.3:1 | 58% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 24.8 | 13.2:1 | 63% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 56% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 24.1 | 16.6:1 | 46% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 47% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 55% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 25 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (399 to 365); teachers down 1% (24.1 to 23.8).
About Central Intermediate School
At 601 Chaffer Ave in Roxana, Illinois, Central Intermediate School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 365 students.
Central Intermediate School is among 4 schools run by Roxana CUSD 1, which serves 1,708 students.
Central Intermediate School is 83% White by enrollment. Next come 8% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Madison County, where about 83% of residents are White. The diversity index for Central Intermediate School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Central Intermediate School has a ratio of 15.3:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 1.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 58%. The average for public schools in Madison County is 46%.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Intermediate School lands at C, ahead of 29% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Central Intermediate School is 4.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
The school's county is Madison County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $75,793 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Central Intermediate School shares Madison County with 83 other public schools.
Central Intermediate School's closest public school neighbor is Roxana Junior High School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Central Intermediate School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment fell 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roxana CUSD 1
- Roxana Sr High SchoolHigh · 500 students
- South Primary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Roxana Junior High SchoolMiddle · 393 students
Other schools in Roxana
- Roxana Sr High SchoolHigh · 500 students
- Roxana Junior High SchoolMiddle · 393 students
Other Central Intermediate schools
6 other US public schools in 4 states are named Central Intermediate. Central Intermediate School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Central Intermediate SchoolWashington, IL · 649 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolOttawa, IL · 339 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolMonmouth, IL · 318 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolCentral, LA · 1,039 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolWadsworth, OH · 606 students
Nearby schools
- Roxana Junior High School0.2 mi · 393
- Roxana Sr High School0.2 mi · 500
- Lewis-Clark Jr High School0.8 mi · 171
- Lewis-Clark Elementary School0.8 mi · 236
- East Alton-Wood River High School1.6 mi · 539
- Eastwood Elementary School1.9 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Central Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central Intermediate School?
Central Intermediate School enrolls approximately 365 students in grades 03-05.
Is Central Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Intermediate School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Central Intermediate School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Central Intermediate School.
How diverse is Central Intermediate School?
Central Intermediate School reports a student body of 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Intermediate School?
Central Intermediate School is overseen by Roxana CUSD 1 in Madison County.
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