Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE SD 118·NCES 170561000233
Douglas Elementary School
125 Carlyle Ave, Belleville, IL 62220 · (618) 233-2417 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
145 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
49.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.2pp since 2023
Math
39.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 39.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 22.5% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Douglas Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Elementary School this school | 233 | 62.2% | 41.0% |
| Lovejoy Elementary School Alton | 230 | 61.3% | N/A |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Godfrey | 251 | 57.4% | N/A |
| Twin Echo Elementary School Collinsville | 222 | 67.6% | 31.9% |
| Eunice Smith Elementary School Alton | 188 | 63.8% | N/A |
| Center Elementary School Freeport | 262 | 61.5% | 43.8% |
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 Douglas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #881 of 1,925 | #18 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #979 of 2,077 ▲ 101 | #18 of 43 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,009 of 2,077 ▲ 351 | #19 of 43 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #1,906 of 2,419 | #43 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #322 of 2,035 | #7 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #492 of 2,042 | #13 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.2% | #945 of 2,132 | #28 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #1,034 of 1,461 | #18 of 30 |
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
233
-17 (-7%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 335
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 | 233 | 20.8 | 11.2:1 | 62% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 20.1 | 12.1:1 | 56% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 21.2 | 11.7:1 | 67% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 17.7 | 14.3:1 | 70% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 68% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 68% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 16 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 14 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (253 to 233); teachers up 17% (17.7 to 20.8).
About Douglas Elementary School
Douglas Elementary School is a small elementary school in Belleville, Illinois, under Belleville SD 118. It had 233 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Douglas Elementary School is part of a district of 11 schools: Belleville SD 118, with 3,275 students.
The largest group at Douglas Elementary School is White students, at 49%. The remaining students are 35% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Census figures show St. Clair County is about 60% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Douglas Elementary School scores 62%.
For every teacher at Douglas Elementary School, there are about 11.2 students; the school has 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. There are 145 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 62% of enrollment.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Douglas Elementary School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 35.6% for a school in Illinois with Douglas Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Douglas Elementary School posts 41.0%.
For the population of St. Clair County, the median household earns about $73,854 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Douglas Elementary School shares St. Clair County with 95 other public schools.
Jefferson Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Douglas Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Douglas Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 250 to 233.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville SD 118
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- West Jr High SchoolMiddle · 364 students
- Westhaven ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
Other Douglas Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Douglas Elementary. Douglas Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Douglas Elementary SchoolPrinceton, IL · 217 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolClinton, IL · 177 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 591 students
- Douglas ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 562 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolDouglas, AL · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elementary School0.8 mi · 293
- Washington School0.8 mi · 192
- Belleville High School-East0.9 mi · 2,600
- Franklin Elementary School1.2 mi · 172
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.7 mi · 272
- High Mount Elementary School1.7 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Douglas Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Douglas Elementary School?
Douglas Elementary School enrolls approximately 233 students in grades KG-06.
Is Douglas Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Douglas Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Douglas Elementary School have?
Douglas Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Douglas Elementary School?
Student demographics at Douglas Elementary School are roughly 49% White, 6% Hispanic, 35% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Douglas Elementary School in?
Douglas Elementary School is part of Belleville SD 118.
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