George Washington Elem School

George Washington Elem School is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Moline, Illinois, one of the schools within Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40, with 323 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,257 students. George Washington Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, George Washington Elem School logs that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, George Washington Elem School shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting George Washington Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rock Island County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, George Washington Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.5%, the actual is 22.5%, a residual of -0.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rock Island County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $67,159 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Rock Island County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,921 students), George Washington Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Woodrow Wilson Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, George Washington Elem School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 27.9%.

George Washington Elem School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at George Washington Elem School has expanded 19%, going from 271 students in 2018 to 323 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 29% across the same window.

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