Enrollment
191
Elementary
DISTRICT 125 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELAVAN CUSD 703·NCES 171206004601
Delavan Elementary School
907 Locust St, Delavan, IL 61734 · (309) 244-9872 · Tazewell County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
73 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 30 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (22).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 Delavan CUSD 703. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.9pp since 2023
Math
25.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 25.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 15.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Delavan Elementary School
Delavan Elementary School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delavan Elementary School this school | 191 | 38.2% | 32.9% |
| Flanagan Elementary School Flanagan | 197 | 38.6% | 35.6% |
| Triopia Grade School Concord | 204 | 39.2% | 70.1% |
| Warsaw Elementary School Warsaw | 213 | 38.5% | 32.1% |
| Community Cons School Pinckneyville | 210 | 36.2% | 37.9% |
| Jasper Elementary School Fairfield | 170 | 40.0% | 66.0% |
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 Delavan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,164 of 1,925 | #17 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,444 of 2,077 ▼ 81 | #22 of 25 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,317 of 2,077 ▲ 99 | #18 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #2,075 of 2,419 | #18 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #1,591 of 2,132 | #17 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #311 of 1,461 | #3 of 16 |
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
191
-47 (-20%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 282
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 | 191 | 21.3 | 9.0:1 | 38% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 21.1 | 9.9:1 | 53% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 24.7 | 9.1:1 | 55% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 252 | 23.6 | 10.7:1 | 42% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 270 | 24 | 11.3:1 | 47% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 21 | 11.8:1 | 29% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 19 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delavan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (252 to 191); teachers down 10% (23.6 to 21.3).
About Delavan Elementary School
Delavan Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Delavan, Illinois. It enrolls 191 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6. That is 50% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
A total of 3 schools make up Delavan CUSD 703, with 375 students enrolled.
Roughly 95% of students at Delavan Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 2% multiracial. Tazewell County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Delavan Elementary School is 9%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Delavan Elementary School has a ratio of 9.0:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 38%. The average for public schools in Tazewell County is similar, at 39%.
Delavan Elementary School scores 16.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 32.9% actual versus 49.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Tazewell County show that median household income comes to about $77,982, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 56, with about 18,581 students.
The closest school to Delavan Elementary School is Delavan Jr High School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Delavan Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Delavan Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 32.9% against a local average of 42.1%.
The NCES locale for Delavan Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 20% decline, from 238 to 191.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delavan CUSD 703
- Delavan High SchoolHigh · 129 students
- Delavan Jr High SchoolMiddle · 55 students
Other schools in Delavan
- Delavan High SchoolHigh · 129 students
- Delavan Jr High SchoolMiddle · 55 students
Nearby schools
- Delavan Jr High School0.0 mi · 55
- Delavan High School0.0 mi · 129
- Emden Elementary School5.8 mi · 90
- Midwest Central Middle School5.8 mi · 183
- Hartsburg-Emden Jr-Sr High School9.8 mi · 85
- South Pekin Elementary School10.4 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About Delavan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Delavan Elementary School?
Delavan Elementary School enrolls approximately 191 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Delavan Elementary School serve?
Delavan Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Delavan Elementary School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Delavan Elementary School.
How diverse is Delavan Elementary School?
Delavan Elementary School reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Delavan Elementary School?
Delavan Elementary School is overseen by Delavan CUSD 703 in Tazewell County.
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