Enrollment
288
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTER-EAST LINCOLN CCSD 61·NCES 170985000580
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School
1300 1500th St, Lincoln, IL 62656 · (217) 732-4136 · Logan County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.0:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
128 students
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 | 21 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
73.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.8pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 35.6% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School this school | 288 | 44.4% | 59.2% |
| Brighton North Primary School Brighton | 293 | 43.3% | N/A |
| North Elementary School Nokomis | 287 | 44.3% | 47.6% |
| Centennial Elementary School Polo | 294 | 43.9% | 63.5% |
| Galva Elementary School Galva | 280 | 42.9% | 41.9% |
| Carlinville Intermediate School Carlinville | 267 | 44.2% | 53.3% |
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 Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Logan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #340 of 1,925 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #694 of 2,077 ▼ 51 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #277 of 2,077 ▲ 70 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #1,610 of 2,419 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #542 of 2,035 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #1,750 of 2,042 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #1,448 of 2,132 | #5 of 7 |
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
288
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 297
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 | 288 | 24 | 12.0:1 | 44% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 22.1 | 13.5:1 | 47% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 19.5 | 14.3:1 | 53% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 41% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 44% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 27 | 10.8:1 | 34% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 26 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 19 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (288 to 288); teachers up 14% (21 to 24).
About Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School
A small elementary school in Lincoln, Illinois, Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School is part of Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61. Students in pre-K through 8 attend, and enrollment is 288 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
The local education agency for Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School is Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61.
Federal enrollment data show Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School is 92% White. It is also 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 12.0:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School is 44%.
allk12 grades Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School would be expected to post about 45.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.2%.
Within Logan County, the median household income is $66,358, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School, Logan County has 14 other public schools.
The closest public school, Lincoln Comm High School, is about 0.5 miles from Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Over 4 years, Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School's enrollment declined 3%, to 288.
The Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Logan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,713
Census ACS
Median income
$66,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,448 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lincoln
- Lincoln Comm High SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 321 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Washington-Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
- West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 183 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Comm High School0.5 mi · 764
- Washington-Monroe Elementary School0.8 mi · 224
- Lincoln Jr High School1.4 mi · 321
- Central Elementary School1.4 mi · 183
- Adams Elementary School1.9 mi · 57
- Northwest Elementary School2.0 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Chester-East Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School?
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School serve?
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School?
Student demographics at Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School in?
Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School is part of Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61.
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