Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAHOKIA CUSD 187·NCES 170804006001
Estelle Sauget School of Choice
1700 Jerome Ln, Cahokia, IL 62206 · (618) 332-4741 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
186 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 20 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Estelle Sauget School of Choice→Cahokia High School
Based on grade levels within Cahokia CUSD 187. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
25.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.7pp since 2023
Math
11.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 9.5% | 4.5% |
% 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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Estelle Sauget School of Choice
Estelle Sauget School of Choice's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estelle Sauget School of Choice this school | 240 | 77.5% | 15.5% |
| Barnard Elementary Comp Math & Sci Center Chicago | 243 | 76.1% | 27.4% |
| Mount Vernon Elementary School Chicago | 245 | 75.5% | 26.9% |
| Sumner Elementary Math & Sci Comm Academy Chicago | 203 | 78.8% | 35.8% |
| Huffman Elementary School Cahokia | 268 | 82.5% | 11.0% |
| Oglesby Elementary School Chicago | 293 | 76.5% | 13.9% |
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 Estelle Sauget School of Choice ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,739 of 1,925 | #39 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #1,838 of 2,077 ▲ 51 | #38 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,802 of 2,077 ▲ 137 | #38 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #1,883 of 2,419 | #42 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,870 of 2,035 | #39 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #1,534 of 2,042 | #31 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #568 of 2,132 | #17 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #1,317 of 1,461 | #26 of 30 |
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
240
-30 (-11%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 439
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 | 240 | 13.9 | 17.3:1 | 78% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 14 | 17.8:1 | 84% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 94% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 14.4 | 17.1:1 | 77% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 15 | 19.2:1 | 57% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 71% (312) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Estelle Sauget School of Choice.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (247 to 240); teachers down 3% (14.4 to 13.9).
About Estelle Sauget School of Choice
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Estelle Sauget School of Choice serves students in Cahokia, Illinois. Its 240 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 37% smaller than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Estelle Sauget School of Choice is one of the 8 schools that make up Cahokia CUSD 187 (2,991 students in total).
Black students make up 87% of enrollment at Estelle Sauget School of Choice. Other students are 5% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. That is higher than the 28% Black share among all St. Clair County residents. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.3:1. That is 3.3 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 78%. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County is 24 points.
The allk12 Grade for Estelle Sauget School of Choice is D. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Estelle Sauget School of Choice is 11.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
St. Clair County has these Census figures: the median household income is $73,854, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, St. Clair County has 96 public schools and roughly 40,879 students.
The nearest other public school, Penniman Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Estelle Sauget School of Choice ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
Estelle Sauget School of Choice has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 11% from 2020-21, when Estelle Sauget School of Choice had 270 students, to 2024-25, when it had 240.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cahokia CUSD 187
- Cahokia High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Wirth/Parks Middle SchoolMiddle · 571 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Lalumier Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Huffman Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Penniman Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
Other schools in Cahokia
- Cahokia High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Wirth/Parks Middle SchoolMiddle · 571 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Huffman Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Penniman Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Elizabeth Morris Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Penniman Elementary School0.3 mi · 250
- Cahokia High School0.4 mi · 850
- Maplewood Elementary School1.0 mi · 290
- Elizabeth Morris Elementary School1.2 mi · 246
- Wirth/Parks Middle School1.5 mi · 571
- Huffman Elementary School1.6 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Estelle Sauget School of ChoiceHow many students attend Estelle Sauget School of Choice?
Estelle Sauget School of Choice enrolls approximately 240 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Estelle Sauget School of Choice serve?
Estelle Sauget School of Choice serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Estelle Sauget School of Choice?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Estelle Sauget School of Choice is approximately 17.3:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Estelle Sauget School of Choice?
Estelle Sauget School of Choice reports a student body of 5% White, 2% Hispanic, 87% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Estelle Sauget School of Choice?
Estelle Sauget School of Choice is overseen by Cahokia CUSD 187 in St. Clair County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.