Douglas Elem School

Douglas Elem School is a cozy elementary campus in Belleville, Illinois, run under Belleville SD 118. The school teaches 233 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Belleville SD 118 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 3,275 students. Douglas Elem School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Douglas Elem School lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at Douglas Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Douglas Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Clair County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,854 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which Douglas Elem School is one.

Jefferson Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Douglas Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Douglas Elem School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 253 students in 2018 compared to 233 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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