Colona Grade School

Colona Grade School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Colona, Illinois, overseen by Colona SD 190. Current enrollment sits at 371 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Colona SD 190 is the operating authority for Colona Grade School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Colona Grade School logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Henry County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Colona Grade School shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Henry County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, Colona Grade School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Henry County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,911 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Henry County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,723 students), Colona Grade School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eagle Ridge School, roughly 2.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Colona Grade School. On composite proficiency, Colona Grade School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Colona Grade School's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 464 (now 371). White enrollment moved from 84% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

On this page, members of the Colona Grade School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.