Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDWARDSVILLE CUSD 7·NCES 171353001638
Columbus Elementary School
315 N Kansas St, Edwardsville, IL 62025 · (618) 656-5167 · Madison County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
81 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 140 | 38% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 30% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
57.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
61.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.6pp 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 62 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.2% | 61.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 42.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Columbus Elementary School
Columbus Elementary School's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Elementary School this school | 373 | 21.7% | 57.8% |
| Richmond Grade School Richmond | 407 | 22.6% | 53.1% |
| Haines Elementary School New Lenox | 358 | 20.1% | 54.5% |
| North Elementary School Sycamore | 309 | 19.1% | 52.9% |
| Mokena Intermediate School Mokena | 346 | 18.5% | 60.6% |
| Hoover Wood Elementary School Batavia | 363 | 22.0% | 62.6% |
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 Columbus Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #374 of 1,925 | #5 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #372 of 2,077 ▲ 124 | #3 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #767 of 2,077 ▼ 116 | #10 of 27 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #1,137 of 2,419 | #21 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,799 of 2,035 | #30 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #1,197 of 2,042 | #23 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #1,937 of 2,132 | #37 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #942 of 1,461 | #12 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
373
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 531
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 | 373 | 22.6 | 16.5:1 | 22% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 21.5 | 17.4:1 | 21% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 21.5 | 17.6:1 | 24% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 22.8 | 18.1:1 | 19% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 20% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 19 | 19.8:1 | 24% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 29 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbus Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (412 to 373); teachers down 1% (22.8 to 22.6).
About Columbus Elementary School
Columbus Elementary School is a public elementary school in Edwardsville, Illinois. The latest federal count shows 373 students in grades 3 through 5.
Columbus Elementary School is one of the 13 schools that make up Edwardsville CUSD 7 (7,060 students in total).
White students are the majority at Columbus Elementary School, with 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Columbus Elementary School's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
Columbus Elementary School's 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 16.5:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 22%. The rate at public schools in Madison County averages 46%, higher than here.
Columbus Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.8% and a predicted 59.0%.
Columbus Elementary School is located in Madison County, where the median household income is $75,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Columbus Elementary School, Madison County has 83 other public schools.
The school nearest to Columbus Elementary School is Lincoln Middle School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Columbus Elementary School is 1st among 6 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 30 fewer students in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Columbus Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Edwardsville CUSD 7
- Edwardsville High SchoolHigh · 2,342 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 888 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Albert Cassens ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- N O Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other schools in Edwardsville
- Edwardsville High SchoolHigh · 2,342 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 888 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- N O Nelson Elementary SchoolElementary · 347 students
- Goshen ElementaryElementary · 346 students
Other Columbus Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Columbus Elementary. Columbus Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 12.
- Columbus Elementary SchoolCOLUMBUS, TX · 798 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW ROCHELLE, NY · 728 students
- Columbus Elementary SchoolCARTERET, NJ · 642 students
- Columbus ElementaryGlendale, CA · 488 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARYCOLUMBUS, NM · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Middle School0.7 mi · 736
- Woodland Elementary School0.9 mi · 417
- N O Nelson Elementary School1.0 mi · 347
- LeClaire Elementary School1.3 mi · 312
- Edwardsville High School2.1 mi · 2,342
- Goshen Elementary2.6 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Columbus Elementary SchoolHow large is Columbus Elementary School?
Columbus Elementary School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades 03-05.
Is Columbus Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbus Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Columbus Elementary School have?
Columbus Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Columbus Elementary School?
Student demographics at Columbus Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Columbus Elementary School in?
Columbus Elementary School is part of Edwardsville CUSD 7.
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