Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANTOUL CITY SD 137·NCES 173321003440
Eastlawn Elementary School
650 N Maplewood Dr, Rantoul, IL 61866 · (217) 893-5404 · Champaign County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
246 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
62%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Eastlawn Elementary School→J W Eater Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Rantoul City SD 137. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
10.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
4.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.8% | 4.2% |
| 2023-24 | 2.2% | 0.0% |
% 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
7.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% 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 Eastlawn Elementary School
Eastlawn Elementary School's state test result (7.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastlawn Elementary School this school | 276 | 89.1% | 7.3% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Joliet | 235 | 94.0% | 31.4% |
| Chopin Elementary School Chicago | 323 | 90.4% | 14.3% |
| Pleasant Acres Elementary School Rantoul | 293 | 94.5% | 13.7% |
| Graham A Elementary School Chicago | 344 | 89.2% | 14.5% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Zion | 336 | 87.5% | 13.3% |
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 Eastlawn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #1,910 of 1,925 | #29 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.2% | #2,047 of 2,077 ▲ 29 | #30 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #2,057 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #28 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #1,679 of 2,419 | #25 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #80 of 2,035 | #2 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #496 of 2,042 | #18 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #299 of 2,132 | #3 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #1,415 of 1,461 | #18 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
276
-60 (-18%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 369
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 | 276 | 29 | 9.5:1 | 89% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 23.7 | 11.0:1 | 97% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 23.2 | 13.6:1 | 98% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 23.4 | 11.9:1 | 100% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 100% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 90% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 23 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 20 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastlawn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (279 to 276); teachers up 24% (23.4 to 29).
About Eastlawn Elementary School
Eastlawn Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Rantoul, Illinois. Enrollment is 276 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 28% smaller than average.
Eastlawn Elementary School is one of the 6 schools that make up Rantoul City SD 137 (1,656 students in total).
Hispanic students account for 56% of enrollment at Eastlawn Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 21% Black, 14% White, and 8% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 48 points above the 8% share among Champaign County residents. By the diversity index, Eastlawn Elementary School comes in at 62%.
A ratio of 9.5:1 comes from the school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 89% of students at Eastlawn Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Champaign County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 7.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 20.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Champaign County show that median household income is about $63,683, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Eastlawn Elementary School is one of 66 public schools in Champaign County, which together enroll about 25,919 students.
The nearest public school is Northview Elementary School, at about 0.8 miles. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Eastlawn Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Eastlawn Elementary School had 336 students in 2020-21 and 276 in 2024-25, an 18% decrease.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rantoul City SD 137
- J W Eater Jr High SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Pleasant Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Broadmeadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolElementary · 218 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 161 students
- Rise Academy at JW EaterMiddle
Other schools in Rantoul
- Rantoul Twp High SchoolHigh · 901 students
- J W Eater Jr High SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Pleasant Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Broadmeadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolElementary · 218 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 161 students
Other Eastlawn Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Eastlawn Elementary. Eastlawn Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Eastlawn ElementaryBurlington, NC · 528 students
- Eastlawn ElemPascagoula, MS · 337 students
- Eastlawn Elementary SchoolBurnettsville, IN · 126 students
Nearby schools
- Northview Elementary School0.8 mi · 218
- Pleasant Acres Elementary School0.8 mi · 293
- Rantoul Twp High School1.0 mi · 901
- Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 161
- J W Eater Jr High School1.2 mi · 477
- Broadmeadow Elementary School1.9 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Eastlawn Elementary SchoolHow large is Eastlawn Elementary School?
Eastlawn Elementary School enrolls approximately 276 students in grades KG-05.
Is Eastlawn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastlawn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastlawn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastlawn Elementary School is approximately 9.5:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eastlawn Elementary School?
At Eastlawn Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 56% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Eastlawn Elementary School public or private?
Eastlawn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rantoul City SD 137.
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