Eugene Field Elem School

Eugene Field Elem School is a mid-tier elementary campus in Rock Island, Illinois, one of the schools within Rock Island SD 41. The school hosts 496 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 30% above the state mean of about 381.

Rock Island SD 41 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,292 students. Eugene Field Elem School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eugene Field Elem School logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Rock Island County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Eugene Field Elem School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Rock Island County (around 65%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eugene Field Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the area at large, Rock Island County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,159 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Rock Island County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,921 students), of which Eugene Field Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Horace Mann ELC, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eugene Field Elem School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Eugene Field Elem School's enrollment has rose 29% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 496). The White share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.