Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708000989
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School
900 W Edwards St, Springfield, IL 62704 · (217) 525-3220 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
180 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
27.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
18.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 18.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 10.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Elizabeth Graham Elementary School
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Graham Elementary School this school | 241 | 74.7% | 20.9% |
| Black Hawk Elementary School Springfield | 234 | 78.2% | 24.3% |
| Enos Elementary School Springfield | 245 | 78.0% | 22.4% |
| Tyler Elementary School De Kalb | 265 | 78.9% | 13.7% |
| Jane Addams Elementary School Springfield | 243 | 81.9% | 25.9% |
| McClernand Elementary School Springfield | 213 | 80.3% | 16.9% |
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 Elizabeth Graham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,578 of 1,925 | #28 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #1,657 of 2,077 ▼ 78 | #24 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #1,719 of 2,077 ▲ 15 | #27 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #1,878 of 2,419 | #27 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.0:1 | #1 of 2,035 | #1 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #502 of 2,042 | #12 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #635 of 2,132 | #11 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.1% | #211 of 615 | #3 of 10 |
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
241
-30 (-11%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 283
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 | 241 | 40.5 | 6.0:1 | 75% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 34.5 | 7.2:1 | 72% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 28.4 | 8.9:1 | 64% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 20.3 | 10.5:1 | 83% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | 20 | 12.7:1 | 80% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 20 | 12.9:1 | 94% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 25 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth Graham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (213 to 241); teachers up 100% (20.3 to 40.5).
About Elizabeth Graham Elementary School
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School is an elementary school in Springfield, Illinois, and it is part of Springfield SD 186. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 241 students. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 37% smaller than average.
The district for Elizabeth Graham Elementary School is Springfield SD 186, with 31 schools and 13,014 students.
Black students account for 55% of enrollment at Elizabeth Graham Elementary School. Other groups include 23% White, 13% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 13% Black. Elizabeth Graham Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 6.0 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Sangamon County, the school's rate is higher.
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.9%, compared with a predicted 28.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Sangamon County has these Census figures: median household income is about $75,357, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Sangamon County number 77 and enroll about 27,345.
Dubois Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Elizabeth Graham Elementary School's average proficiency of 20.9% compares with 30.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School had 271 students in 2020-21 and 241 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
The Elizabeth Graham Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Nearby schools
- Dubois Elementary School0.5 mi · 469
- Springfield High School0.5 mi · 1,308
- U S Grant Middle School0.9 mi · 498
- Butler Elementary School0.9 mi · 367
- Enos Elementary School1.3 mi · 245
- McClernand Elementary School1.4 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth Graham Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Elizabeth Graham Elementary School?
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Elizabeth Graham Elementary School serve?
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elizabeth Graham Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elizabeth Graham Elementary School is approximately 6.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elizabeth Graham Elementary School?
At Elizabeth Graham Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 7% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Elizabeth Graham Elementary School public or private?
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Springfield SD 186.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.