1
What clubs or activities at Clinton Elem School are worth joining?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINTON CUSD 15·NCES 171044001263
Clinton Elementary School
680 Illini Dr, Clinton, IL 61727 · (217) 935-6218 · De Witt County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
272 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 115 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 24% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Based on grade levels within Clinton CUSD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
57.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.3% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 33.4% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Clinton Elementary School
Clinton Elementary School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Elementary School this school | 506 | 53.8% | 47.5% |
| Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School Warrensburg | 475 | 51.8% | 56.1% |
| Greenville Elementary School Greenville | 514 | 55.8% | 51.0% |
| GCMS Elementary School Gibson City | 489 | 50.1% | 49.3% |
| West Carroll Primary Savanna | 432 | 55.6% | 33.0% |
| Argenta-Oreana Elementary School Oreana | 445 | 53.5% | 44.6% |
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 Clinton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #659 of 1,925 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #884 of 2,077 ▼ 184 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #764 of 2,077 ▼ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #532 of 2,419 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #647 of 2,035 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #1,419 of 2,042 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #1,199 of 2,132 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #1,369 of 1,461 |
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
506
+65 (+15%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 275
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 | 506 | 41.2 | 12.3:1 | 54% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 41.2 | 11.9:1 | 52% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 42 | 11.4:1 | 54% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 37.5 | 13.8:1 | 51% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 53% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 48% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 15 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 14 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clinton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (516 to 506); teachers up 10% (37.5 to 41.2).
About Clinton Elementary School
Clinton Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Clinton, Illinois. It covers grades 2 through 5, with a total enrollment of 506 students. Enrollment is 33% higher than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
A total of 5 schools make up Clinton CUSD 15, with 1,765 students enrolled.
Clinton Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 84% White. It is also 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of De Witt County is roughly 93% White. Clinton Elementary School has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Clinton Elementary School counts 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.3 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 51% average for public schools in De Witt County.
The allk12 Grade for Clinton Elementary School is B+. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in De Witt County, median household income is about $71,678, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Clinton Elementary School is among the 7 public schools in De Witt County.
Of nearby public schools, Clinton Jr High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. The school's 47.5% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
Clinton Elementary School has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
The number of students climbed from 441 to 506 over 4 years.
If you have questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Clinton Elementary School, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
De Witt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,373
Census ACS
Median income
$71,678
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,185 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clinton CUSD 15
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 514 students
- Clinton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 385 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 183 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 177 students
Other schools in Clinton
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 514 students
- Clinton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 385 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 183 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 177 students
Other Clinton Elementary schools
18 other US public schools in 14 states are named Clinton Elementary. Clinton Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 19.
- Clinton Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 1,050 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolSouth Elgin, IL · 596 students
- Clinton ElementaryClinton, MA · 870 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST SENECA, NY · 629 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolCLINTON, MI · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Clinton Jr High School0.3 mi · 385
- Clinton High School0.3 mi · 514
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 183
- Douglas Elementary School1.3 mi · 177
- Maroa-Forsyth Middle School7.5 mi · 271
- Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School7.6 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Clinton Elementary SchoolHow large is Clinton Elementary School?
Clinton Elementary School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades 02-05.
Is Clinton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clinton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many students per teacher at Clinton Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Clinton Elementary School.
How diverse is Clinton Elementary School?
Clinton Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Clinton Elementary School?
Clinton Elementary School is overseen by Clinton CUSD 15 in De Witt County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.