Enos Elem School

Enos Elem School is a modestly sized elementary campus in Springfield, Illinois, one of the schools within Springfield SD 186. The school enrolls 245 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Across the 31 schools in Springfield SD 186 (13,014 students total), Enos Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Enos Elem School reports that 58% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest looks like 27% White, 14% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Enos Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Sangamon County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Enos Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.5%; this one delivers 22.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sangamon County put the typical household earns roughly $75,357 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Sangamon County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), of which Enos Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: McClernand Elem School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Enos Elem School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Enos Elem School has declined 9%, going from 269 students in 2018 to 245 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 41% to 58% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.