Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK ISLAND SD 41·NCES 173441003527
Earl H Hanson Elementary School
4000 9th St, Rock Island, IL 61201 · (309) 793-5930 · Rock Island County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
7.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
178 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
29.9%
IL avg 51.0% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
20.4%
IL avg 37.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.9% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Earl H Hanson Elementary School
Earl H Hanson Elementary School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl H Hanson Elementary School this school | 201 | 88.6% | 30.6% |
| M L King Jr Elementary School Urbana | 322 | 85.1% | 10.5% |
| Frances Willard Elementary School Rock Island | 312 | 89.1% | 26.6% |
| McCutcheon Elementary School Chicago | 326 | 85.6% | 22.6% |
| Asian Human Srvcs-Passage Chrtr Chicago | 379 | 92.3% | 17.2% |
| George Washington Elementary School Moline | 323 | 84.8% | 22.5% |
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 Earl H Hanson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Rock Island County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #1,255 of 1,925 | #13 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,590 of 2,077 ▼ 505 | #22 of 28 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #1,673 of 2,077 ▼ 740 | #18 of 28 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #2,039 of 2,419 | #28 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.3:1 | #5 of 2,035 | #1 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.2% | #32 of 2,042 | #3 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #319 of 2,132 | #8 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.3% | #13 of 1,461 | #1 of 19 |
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
201
-62 (-24%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 356
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 | 201 | 27.4 | 7.3:1 | 89% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 25.7 | 8.9:1 | 67% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 26.3 | 7.9:1 | 68% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 263 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 29.5 | 14.0:1 | 61% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 57% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 78% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 20 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earl H Hanson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 51% (413 to 201); teachers down 7% (29.5 to 27.4).
About Earl H Hanson Elementary School
The public elementary school Earl H Hanson Elementary School is located in Rock Island, Illinois. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 201 students. Enrollment is 47% lower than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Earl H Hanson Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Rock Island SD 41, which enrolls 6,292 students in total.
Earl H Hanson Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 41%. The remaining students are 20% Asian, 16% White, 14% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Among people living in Rock Island County, the Black share is about 11%. Earl H Hanson Elementary School has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Earl H Hanson Elementary School is 27.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 7.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. Around 89% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Rock Island County average 65%.
The allk12 Grade for Earl H Hanson Elementary School is B-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Earl H Hanson Elementary School are 10.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (30.6% actual, 20.4% predicted).
Within Rock Island County, median household income is about $67,159, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 57 public schools in Rock Island County, with a combined enrollment of about 21,921.
Edison Jr High School is located about 0.2 miles from Earl H Hanson Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Earl H Hanson Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 201, 24% below the 263 of 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Rock Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
142,757
Census ACS
Median income
$67,159
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
21,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rock Island SD 41
- Rock Island High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Rock Island AcademyElementary · 540 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- RicmsElementary · 462 students
- Edison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 398 students
Other schools in Rock Island
- Rock Island High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Rock Island AcademyElementary · 540 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- RicmsElementary · 462 students
- Edison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Jr High School0.2 mi · 398
- Frances Willard Elementary School0.9 mi · 312
- Rock Island High School1.2 mi · 1,812
- Eugene Field Elementary School1.5 mi · 496
- Horace Mann ELC2.0 mi · 387
- Ricms2.0 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Earl H Hanson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Earl H Hanson Elementary School?
Earl H Hanson Elementary School enrolls approximately 201 students in grades PK-06.
Is Earl H Hanson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Earl H Hanson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Earl H Hanson Elementary School?
Approximately 7.3:1 students per teacher at Earl H Hanson Elementary School.
How diverse is Earl H Hanson Elementary School?
Earl H Hanson Elementary School reports a student body of 16% White, 7% Hispanic, 41% Black, 20% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Earl H Hanson Elementary School public or private?
Earl H Hanson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rock Island SD 41.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.