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How has Davenport Elem School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUREKA CUD 140·NCES 171443001780
Davenport Elementary School
301 S Main St, Eureka, IL 61530 · (309) 467-3012 · Woodford County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
139 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (81).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Eureka CUD 140. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
50.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 46.4% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Davenport Elementary School
Davenport Elementary School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport Elementary School this school | 430 | 32.3% | 53.0% |
| Illini Bluffs Elementary School Glasford | 425 | 30.6% | 53.5% |
| New Berlin Elementary School New Berlin | 452 | 30.1% | 56.8% |
| Unity West Tolono | 399 | 33.1% | 58.7% |
| Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High Mackinaw | 432 | 30.3% | 56.7% |
| Lincoln Grade School Washington | 442 | 29.2% | 60.1% |
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 Davenport Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Woodford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #502 of 1,925 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #660 of 2,077 ▼ 274 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #678 of 2,077 ▼ 100 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #849 of 2,419 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,307 of 2,035 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #1,583 of 2,042 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #1,733 of 2,132 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #535 of 615 | N/A |
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
430
+75 (+21%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 452
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 | 430 | 30.2 | 14.2:1 | 32% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 26.2 | 16.2:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 30.2 | 13.5:1 | 30% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 30.7 | 13.7:1 | 28% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 31% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 27% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 26 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 22 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davenport Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (421 to 430); teachers down 1% (30.7 to 30.2).
About Davenport Elementary School
Davenport Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Eureka, Illinois. It enrolled 430 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year.
Eureka CUD 140 has 1,551 students spread across 5 schools.
Davenport Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 88% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Davenport Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1, with 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Davenport Elementary School is 32%. That is close to the 29% average for public schools in Woodford County.
allk12 grades Davenport Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Davenport Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (53.0% versus 52.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
County data help place the school in context: in Woodford County, median household income is about $91,483, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The public schools of Woodford County number 32 and enroll about 6,338.
The closest public school to Davenport Elementary School is Eureka High School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Davenport Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Davenport Elementary School is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Davenport Elementary School went from 355 students to 430.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Woodford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,312
Census ACS
Median income
$91,483
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
6,338 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eureka CUD 140
- Eureka High SchoolHigh · 513 students
- Eureka Middle SchoolMiddle · 436 students
- Congerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 97 students
- Goodfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 75 students
Other schools in Eureka
- Eureka High SchoolHigh · 513 students
- Eureka Middle SchoolMiddle · 436 students
- WCSEA Eureka Intensive ECEElementary
Other Davenport Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Davenport Elementary. Davenport Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- DAVENPORT ELEMENTARYDAVENPORT, FL · 938 students
- Davenport Elementary SchoolNorristown, PA · 361 students
- Davenport ElementaryDAVENPORT, WA · 351 students
- Davenport Elementary SchoolDavenport, OK · 266 students
Nearby schools
- Eureka High School0.1 mi · 513
- Eureka Middle School1.3 mi · 436
- Goodfield Elementary School6.1 mi · 75
- Metamora Grade School6.7 mi · 829
- Dee-Mack Intermediate School6.7 mi · 217
- Roanoke-Benson High School6.8 mi · 146
Frequently asked questions
About Davenport Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Davenport Elementary School?
Davenport Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Davenport Elementary School serve?
Davenport Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Davenport Elementary School have?
Davenport Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Davenport Elementary School?
Student demographics at Davenport Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Davenport Elementary School public or private?
Davenport Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Eureka CUD 140.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.