Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003819
Enos Elementary School
524 W Elliott Ave, Springfield, IL 62702 · (217) 525-3208 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
191 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 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
32.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
12.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 10.2% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Enos Elementary School
Enos Elementary School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enos Elementary School this school | 245 | 78.0% | 22.4% |
| Jane Addams Elementary School Springfield | 243 | 81.9% | 25.9% |
| Elizabeth Graham Elementary School Springfield | 241 | 74.7% | 20.9% |
| Black Hawk Elementary School Springfield | 234 | 78.2% | 24.3% |
| Tyler Elementary School De Kalb | 265 | 78.9% | 13.7% |
| 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 Enos Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #1,526 of 1,925 | #25 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,831 of 2,077 ▼ 221 | #28 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,608 of 2,077 ▼ 228 | #24 of 34 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #1,854 of 2,419 | #25 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #312 of 2,035 | #4 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #653 of 2,042 | #16 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #558 of 2,132 | #8 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #980 of 1,461 | #17 of 23 |
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
245
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 317
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 | 245 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 78% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 19.5 | 12.4:1 | 72% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 20.1 | 12.7:1 | 73% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 25.3 | 10.6:1 | 93% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 81% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 92% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 234 | 17 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Enos Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (269 to 245); teachers down 13% (25.3 to 22).
About Enos Elementary School
In Springfield, Illinois, Enos Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its enrollment is 245 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Springfield SD 186 counts 13,014 students in its 31 schools, and Enos Elementary School is one of them.
The largest group at Enos Elementary School is Black students, at 58%. Other groups include 27% White and 14% multiracial. By comparison, Sangamon County residents are about 13% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Enos Elementary School scores 58%.
Staffing at Enos Elementary School comes to 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Enos Elementary School counts 78% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Sangamon County.
A school with Enos Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 26.5%. Enos Elementary School scores 22.4%, 4.1 points below that line.
The county, Sangamon County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $75,357, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 77 public schools and about 27,345 students.
Enos Elementary School's nearest public school is McClernand Elementary School (about 0.8 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Enos Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 253 (2020-21) to 245 (2024-25).
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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
- McClernand Elementary School0.8 mi · 213
- Springfield High School0.9 mi · 1,308
- Dubois Elementary School1.1 mi · 469
- Lanphier High School1.2 mi · 1,117
- Jane Addams Elementary School1.2 mi · 243
- Elizabeth Graham Elementary School1.3 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Enos Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Enos Elementary School?
Enos Elementary School enrolls approximately 245 students in grades KG-05.
Is Enos Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Enos Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Enos Elementary School have?
Enos Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Enos Elementary School?
At Enos Elementary School, the student body is approximately 27% White, 2% Hispanic, 58% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Enos Elementary School public or private?
Enos Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Springfield SD 186.
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