Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 208 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST DUBUQUE USD 119·NCES 171305001549
East Dubuque Elementary School
100 N School Rd, East Dubuque, IL 61025 · (815) 747-3117 · Jo Daviess County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
153 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 64 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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 East Dubuque USD 119. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
72.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.3pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +23.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.8% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 35.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 East Dubuque Elementary School
East Dubuque Elementary School's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Dubuque Elementary School this school | 359 | 42.6% | 62.4% |
| R O W V A Elementary School Oneida | 369 | 44.7% | 51.7% |
| Prairie Central Elementary School Fairbury | 367 | 44.4% | 42.5% |
| North Ward Elementary School Tuscola | 334 | 44.3% | 36.5% |
| Steeleville Elementary School Steeleville | 323 | 43.0% | 34.1% |
| Mount Pulaski Elementary School Mount Pulaski | 369 | 40.4% | 51.0% |
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 East Dubuque Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Jo Daviess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #262 of 1,925 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #425 of 2,077 ▲ 205 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #280 of 2,077 ▲ 80 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #1,214 of 2,419 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #694 of 2,035 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #1,493 of 2,042 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #1,496 of 2,132 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #498 of 615 | N/A |
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
359
+34 (+10%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 476
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 | 359 | 28.9 | 12.4:1 | 43% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 29.3 | 12.0:1 | 40% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 28.5 | 12.2:1 | 37% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 26.2 | 13.3:1 | 28% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 32% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 32 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Dubuque Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (348 to 359); teachers up 11% (26.2 to 28.9).
About East Dubuque Elementary School
Students in East Dubuque, Illinois, attend East Dubuque Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 359 students in pre-K through 6.
East Dubuque USD 119 serves 623 students across 3 schools.
By race and ethnicity, East Dubuque Elementary School is 86% White. Next come 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
There are 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.4:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 1.5 students per teacher. On the income side, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, East Dubuque Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 88% of Illinois public elementary schools.
East Dubuque Elementary School is a top-10% school in Illinois on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.9% with an actual 62.4%.
For the population of Jo Daviess County, median household income comes to about $73,993, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Jo Daviess County's 21 public schools enroll about 3,012 students and include East Dubuque Elementary School.
About 0.6 miles separate East Dubuque Elementary School from the closest public school, East Dubuque Jr High. The five-mile area around East Dubuque Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts East Dubuque Elementary School at 2nd of 9.
East Dubuque Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Small in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 325 to 359, a 10% increase.
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Jo Daviess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,851
Census ACS
Median income
$73,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
3,012 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Dubuque USD 119
- East Dubuque High SchoolHigh · 180 students
- East Dubuque Jr HighMiddle · 84 students
Other schools in East Dubuque
- East Dubuque High SchoolHigh · 180 students
- East Dubuque Jr HighMiddle · 84 students
Nearby schools
- East Dubuque Jr High0.6 mi · 84
- East Dubuque High School0.6 mi · 180
- Prescott Elementary School1.6 mi · 352
- Audubon Elementary School2.0 mi · 247
- Marshall Elementary School2.0 mi · 323
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School2.2 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About East Dubuque Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Dubuque Elementary School?
East Dubuque Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does East Dubuque Elementary School serve?
East Dubuque Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at East Dubuque Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at East Dubuque Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at East Dubuque Elementary School?
Student demographics at East Dubuque Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is East Dubuque Elementary School public or private?
East Dubuque Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Dubuque USD 119.
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