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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORTON CUSD 709·NCES 172680002861
Grundy Elementary School
1100 S 4th Ave, Morton, IL 61550 · (309) 263-1421 · Tazewell County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
77 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 89 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Morton CUSD 709. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
81.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.4% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 58.1% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Grundy Elementary School
Grundy Elementary School's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grundy Elementary School this school | 465 | 16.6% | 75.3% |
| Germantown Hills Elementary School Germantown Hills | 439 | 18.7% | 73.0% |
| Riverdale Elementary School Port Byron | 517 | 15.7% | 61.7% |
| Parkview Elementary School Columbia | 427 | 14.5% | 77.3% |
| Rochester Elementary EC-1 School Rochester | 402 | 17.9% | N/A |
| Anna McDonald Elementary School Manhattan | 434 | 18.4% | 63.2% |
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 Grundy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #62 of 1,925 | #1 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #145 of 2,077 ▲ 35 | #1 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #110 of 2,077 ▼ 42 | #2 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #689 of 2,419 | #3 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #1,976 of 2,035 | #15 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #1,489 of 2,042 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #2,018 of 2,132 | #26 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #178 of 615 | N/A |
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
465
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 420
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 | 465 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 17% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 27.3 | 16.4:1 | 21% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 18 | 22.5:1 | 16% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 17 | 23.3:1 | 15% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 16 | 20.9:1 | 11% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 19 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grundy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (405 to 465); teachers up 33% (18 to 24).
About Grundy Elementary School
This page covers Grundy Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Morton, Illinois. Enrollment totals 465 students across pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
The 6 schools in Morton CUSD 709 enroll 3,247 students altogether, Grundy Elementary School among them.
At Grundy Elementary School, 86% of students are White. Smaller groups are 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The diversity index for Grundy Elementary School is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.4:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Tazewell County is 39%.
Grundy Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.3%, compared with a predicted 62.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Tazewell County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $77,982, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tazewell County's 56 public schools enroll about 18,581 students and include Grundy Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Jefferson Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Grundy Elementary School. The five-mile area around Grundy Elementary School holds 5 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Grundy Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Grundy Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment increased by 5% across 4 years, from 442 in 2020-21 to 465 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Grundy Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morton CUSD 709
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 1,061 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Morton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Lettie Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Morton AcademyCombined
Other schools in Morton
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 1,061 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Morton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Lettie Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Morton AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elementary School0.6 mi · 354
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 517
- Morton High School0.9 mi · 1,061
- Morton Jr High School1.0 mi · 504
- Lettie Brown Elementary School3.2 mi · 346
- Tremont Elementary School5.3 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About Grundy Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grundy Elementary School?
Grundy Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-06.
Is Grundy Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grundy Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Grundy Elementary School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Grundy Elementary School.
How diverse is Grundy Elementary School?
Grundy Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Grundy Elementary School?
Grundy Elementary School is overseen by Morton CUSD 709 in Tazewell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.