Franklin Grove Elem School

As a reasonably sized primary school in Decatur, Illinois, Franklin Grove Elem School caters to 461 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Decatur SD 61. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 21% bigger than typical.

Across the 15 schools in Decatur SD 61 (7,840 students total), Franklin Grove Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Franklin Grove Elem School shows that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 21% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Macon County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Macon County's rate of about 61%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Franklin Grove Elem School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 19.6%; actual is 5.7%, a gap of -13.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Macon County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,666, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Macon County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students), Franklin Grove Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Pershing Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Franklin Grove Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Franklin Grove Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 12.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin Grove Elem School has grew 116%, going from 213 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 61% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

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