Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 207 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMWOOD CUSD 322·NCES 171405001756
Elmwood Elementary School
501 N Morgan St, Elmwood, IL 61529 · (309) 742-4261 · Peoria County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- B-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
15.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
82 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 33 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Elmwood CUSD 322. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
63.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
59.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 47.8% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Elmwood Elementary School
Elmwood Elementary School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Elementary School this school | 314 | 26.1% | 57.9% |
| Tremont Elementary School Tremont | 304 | 24.7% | 56.6% |
| Pawnee Grade School Pawnee | 325 | 25.8% | 49.8% |
| Okawville Grade School Okawville | 297 | 24.6% | 60.2% |
| Liberty Elementary School Liberty | 336 | 28.3% | 49.1% |
| Worden Elementary School Worden | 258 | 26.4% | 52.5% |
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 Elmwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #373 of 1,925 | #7 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #420 of 2,077 ▼ 71 | #6 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #542 of 2,077 ▼ 90 | #8 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,461 of 2,419 | #25 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,682 of 2,035 | #24 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #1,607 of 2,042 | #28 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.1% | #1,845 of 2,132 | #30 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #666 of 1,461 | #4 of 17 |
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
314
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 388
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 | 314 | 19.9 | 15.8:1 | 26% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 20.5 | 16.6:1 | 19% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 21 | 17.0:1 | 22% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 16% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 22% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 15% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 18 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (369 to 314); teachers down 5% (21 to 19.9).
About Elmwood Elementary School
Elmwood Elementary School, located in Elmwood, Illinois, is a small elementary school. A federal count lists 314 students at the school, in pre-K through 6.
Elmwood Elementary School is part of a district of 3 schools: Elmwood CUSD 322, with 622 students.
About 89% of the student body at Elmwood Elementary School is White. Other students are 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Peoria County residents are about 67% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Elmwood Elementary School's 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.8:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 26%. Compared with the 57% average for public schools in Peoria County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Elmwood Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Elmwood Elementary School's results are 1.4 points above predicted: 57.9% against 56.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Peoria County, the median household income is $65,108, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Peoria County has 81 public schools and roughly 27,827 students.
The nearest public school is Elmwood Junior High School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The school's 57.9% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment decrease, from 333 in 2020-21 to 314 in 2024-25.
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Peoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
179,645
Census ACS
Median income
$65,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
27,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmwood CUSD 322
- Elmwood High SchoolHigh · 208 students
- Elmwood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 100 students
Other schools in Elmwood
- Elmwood High SchoolHigh · 208 students
- Elmwood Junior High SchoolMiddle · 100 students
Other Elmwood Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 7 states are named Elmwood Elementary. Elmwood Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 14.
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 726 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElmwood Park, IL · 567 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolZion, IL · 336 students
- Elmwood ElementaryStockton, CA · 656 students
- ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMONSEY, NY · 598 students
Nearby schools
- Elmwood Junior High School0.1 mi · 100
- Elmwood High School0.1 mi · 208
- Brimfield Grade School6.2 mi · 398
- Farmington Central High School6.2 mi · 383
- Farmington Central Jr High School6.2 mi · 253
- Farmington Central Elementary School6.2 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Elmwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Elmwood Elementary School?
Elmwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-06.
Is Elmwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elmwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Elmwood Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Elmwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Elmwood Elementary School?
Elmwood Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Elmwood Elementary School?
Elmwood Elementary School is overseen by Elmwood CUSD 322 in Peoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.