East Side Elementary School

East Side Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Mc Leansboro, Illinois, one of the schools within Hamilton Co CUSD 10, with 384 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 4 schools in Hamilton Co CUSD 10 (1,091 students total), East Side Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, East Side Elementary School shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic. Compared to Hamilton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, East Side Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, East Side Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) logs that median household earnings sit near $65,746, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hamilton County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,091 students), of which East Side Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Hamilton County Preschool Center, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around East Side Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Side Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Side Elementary School has fell 12%, going from 436 students in 2018 to 384 in 2025.

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