Enrollment
100
Elementary
DISTRICT 58 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELAND-WELDON CUSD 57·NCES 171203004600
Deland-Weldon Elementary School
2311 N 300 East Rd, Weldon, IL 61882 · (309) 928-7691 · Piatt County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL100 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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
8.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
58 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 20 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 11 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (11).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Deland-Weldon CUSD 57. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
55.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.4pp since 2023
Math
34.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 27.7% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Deland-Weldon Elementary School
Deland-Weldon Elementary School's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deland-Weldon Elementary School this school | 100 | 58.0% | 45.8% |
| Saunemin Elementary School Saunemin | 102 | 59.8% | 40.7% |
| Prekindergarten at LECC Litchfield | 100 | 61.0% | N/A |
| Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School Murrayville | 109 | 58.7% | 46.5% |
| Kansas Elementary School Kansas | 95 | 53.7% | 45.1% |
| Ashley Com Consolidated School Ashley | 115 | 53.9% | 39.7% |
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 Deland-Weldon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Piatt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #717 of 1,925 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,142 of 2,077 ▼ 245 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #830 of 2,077 ▲ 272 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 100 | #2,332 of 2,419 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #1,066 of 2,132 | #3 of 6 |
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
100
+5 (+5%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 118
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 | 100 | 11.8 | 8.5:1 | 58% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 105 | 10.1 | 10.4:1 | 65% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 105 | 10 | 10.5:1 | 54% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 95 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 112 | 11.6 | 9.6:1 | 55% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 125 | 12 | 10.4:1 | 61% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 126 | 9 | 14.0:1 | 40% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 121 | 9 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 118 | 8 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deland-Weldon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (112 to 100); teachers up 1% (11.6 to 11.8).
About Deland-Weldon Elementary School
Deland-Weldon Elementary School is a very small elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Weldon. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 100 students. It has 74% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Deland-Weldon CUSD 57 oversees Deland-Weldon Elementary School and 2 other schools, with 173 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Deland-Weldon Elementary School, about 92 are White. Smaller groups are 4% Black and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Piatt County at about 95% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Deland-Weldon Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1, with 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 38% for public schools in Piatt County.
On the allk12 Grade, Deland-Weldon Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 63% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 38.0% at Deland-Weldon Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.8%.
In Piatt County, median household income comes to about $94,811, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Piatt County counts 14 public schools with about 3,086 students.
Deland-Weldon Elementary School's nearest public school is Deland-Weldon Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Deland-Weldon Elementary School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Deland-Weldon Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 95 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 100 by 2024-25.
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Piatt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,695
Census ACS
Median income
$94,811
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,086 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deland-Weldon CUSD 57
- Deland-Weldon High SchoolHigh · 45 students
- Deland-Weldon Middle SchoolMiddle · 28 students
Nearby schools
- Deland-Weldon Middle School0.0 mi · 28
- Deland-Weldon High School0.1 mi · 45
- Ruth M Schneider Elementary School8.4 mi · 265
- Blue Ridge High School8.5 mi · 155
- White Heath Elementary School9.6 mi · 270
- Washington School9.7 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Deland-Weldon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Deland-Weldon Elementary School?
Deland-Weldon Elementary School enrolls approximately 100 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Deland-Weldon Elementary School serve?
Deland-Weldon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Deland-Weldon Elementary School have?
Deland-Weldon Elementary School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Deland-Weldon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Deland-Weldon Elementary School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Deland-Weldon Elementary School in?
Deland-Weldon Elementary School is part of Deland-Weldon CUSD 57.
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