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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALL CHATHAM CUSD 5·NCES 170492006196
Glenwood Elementary School
1401 E Plummer Blvd, Chatham, IL 62629 · (217) 483-6704 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
15.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
133 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 22% smaller than its 4th grade class (114).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Based on grade levels within Ball Chatham CUSD 5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
66.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.7pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.8% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 41.3% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Glenwood Elementary School
Glenwood Elementary School's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Elementary School this school | 573 | 23.2% | 57.7% |
| Woods Creek Elementary School Crystal Lake | 489 | 22.7% | 54.6% |
| Dryden Elementary School Arlington Heights | 521 | 21.1% | 68.0% |
| Dr Julian Rogus School Frankfort | 653 | 23.0% | 66.9% |
| Prairieland Elementary School Normal | 450 | 22.2% | 60.4% |
| Scott Elementary School Naperville | 435 | 23.9% | 72.6% |
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 Glenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #378 of 1,925 | #8 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #448 of 2,077 ▲ 65 | #8 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #441 of 2,077 ▲ 220 | #6 of 34 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #323 of 2,419 | #1 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,691 of 2,035 | #26 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #927 of 2,042 | #19 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #1,905 of 2,132 | #31 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #518 of 1,461 | #5 of 23 |
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
573
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
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 | 573 | 36.3 | 15.8:1 | 23% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 36.5 | 16.7:1 | 24% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 25% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 37.5 | 18.7:1 | 20% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 35 | 19.2:1 | 19% (126) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (701 to 573); teachers down 3% (37.5 to 36.3).
About Glenwood Elementary School
Glenwood Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in Chatham, Illinois. The school enrolls 573 students in kindergarten through 4. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
The 6 schools in Ball Chatham CUSD 5 enroll 4,516 students altogether, Glenwood Elementary School among them.
About 69% of the student body at Glenwood Elementary School is White. Other students are 10% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Sangamon County residents are about 78% White. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Glenwood Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 23% of students at Glenwood Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sangamon County average 48%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Glenwood Elementary School outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Glenwood Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 57.7% against 58.1%.
Looking at the county, Sangamon County, median household income comes to about $75,357, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 77 public schools and about 27,345 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Glenwood High School, is about 0.2 miles. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Glenwood Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 6%.
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Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ball Chatham CUSD 5
- Glenwood High SchoolHigh · 1,484 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Chatham Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Chatham
- Glenwood High SchoolHigh · 1,484 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 735 students
- Glenwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Chatham Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other Glenwood Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 16 states are named Glenwood Elementary. Glenwood Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 23.
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 577 students
- Glenwood ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 896 students
- Glenwood ElementaryLake Stevens, WA · 641 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolMedia, PA · 586 students
- Glenwood ElementaryGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 543 students
Nearby schools
- Glenwood High School0.2 mi · 1,484
- Chatham Elementary School1.6 mi · 500
- Glenwood Middle School2.1 mi · 735
- Glenwood Intermediate School2.2 mi · 672
- Ball Elementary School3.6 mi · 552
- Edwin A Lee Elementary School4.5 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Glenwood Elementary School?
Glenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Glenwood Elementary School serve?
Glenwood Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Glenwood Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Glenwood Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Glenwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Glenwood Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Glenwood Elementary School in?
Glenwood Elementary School is part of Ball Chatham CUSD 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.