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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DECATUR SD 61·NCES 171185001404
Franklin Grove Elementary School
2440 N Summit Ave, Decatur, IL 62526 · (217) 362-3561 · Macon County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest 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
18.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
414 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 42% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Franklin Grove Elementary School→Stephen Decatur Middle School
Based on grade levels within Decatur SD 61. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
8.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
3.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.6% | 3.3% |
| 2023-24 | 3.9% | 2.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
5.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 20% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Franklin Grove Elementary School
Franklin Grove Elementary School's state test result (5.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Grove Elementary School this school | 461 | 89.8% | 5.7% |
| Parsons Elementary School Decatur | 505 | 89.5% | 10.0% |
| Hines Primary School Peoria | 403 | 88.8% | 20.6% |
| Hope Academy Decatur | 501 | 93.8% | 3.3% |
| American Dreamer STEM Academy Decatur | 423 | 89.1% | 11.8% |
| Harvard Park Elementary School Springfield | 370 | 87.6% | 11.8% |
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 Franklin Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Macon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #1,917 of 1,925 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.3% | #2,063 of 2,077 ▼ 40 | #15 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #2,068 of 2,077 ▼ 11 | #15 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #705 of 2,419 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,950 of 2,035 | #16 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #474 of 2,042 | #9 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #281 of 2,132 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +116.4% | #8 of 615 | #1 of 10 |
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
461
+219 (+90%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 344
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 | 461 | 24.9 | 18.5:1 | 90% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 21 | 22.6:1 | 75% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 18 | 25.4:1 | 85% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 14 | 15.2:1 | 85% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 246 | 15 | 16.4:1 | 87% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 13 | 22.9:1 | 84% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 16 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 17 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Franklin Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 116% (213 to 461); teachers up 78% (14 to 24.9).
About Franklin Grove Elementary School
Franklin Grove Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Decatur, Illinois. Enrollment is 461 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 21% larger than average.
A total of 15 schools make up Decatur SD 61, with 7,840 students enrolled.
Black students make up a majority at Franklin Grove Elementary School, at 53%. The remaining students are 23% White, 21% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census figures show Macon County is about 16% Black. Franklin Grove Elementary School's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.5:1. This ratio sits 4.6 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 90%. The rate at public schools in Macon County averages 61%, lower than here.
Franklin Grove Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Illinois, Franklin Grove Elementary School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 5.7% compared with a predicted 19.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Macon County show that the median household income is $62,666, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Franklin Grove Elementary School is one of 43 public schools in the county.
Pershing Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Franklin Grove Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Franklin Grove Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Franklin Grove Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment figures are 242 for 2020-21 and 461 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Macon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,849
Census ACS
Median income
$62,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
14,702 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Decatur SD 61
- MacArthur High SchoolHigh · 1,059 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 909 students
- Johns Hill Magnet SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Montessori Academy for PeaceElementary · 586 students
- Dennis Lab SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
Other schools in Decatur
- MacArthur High SchoolHigh · 1,059 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 909 students
- Johns Hill Magnet SchoolElementary · 627 students
- Montessori Academy for PeaceElementary · 586 students
- Dennis Lab SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Pershing Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 416
- MacArthur High School1.1 mi · 1,059
- Parsons Elementary School1.7 mi · 505
- Hope Academy2.6 mi · 501
- Stephen Decatur Middle School2.6 mi · 413
- Johns Hill Magnet School3.2 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Franklin Grove Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Franklin Grove Elementary School?
Franklin Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Franklin Grove Elementary School serve?
Franklin Grove Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Franklin Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Franklin Grove Elementary School is approximately 18.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Franklin Grove Elementary School?
At Franklin Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 3% Hispanic, 53% Black, 21% Two or more.
Is Franklin Grove Elementary School public or private?
Franklin Grove Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Decatur SD 61.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.