Hamel Elementary School

Hamel Elementary School, located in Hamel, Illinois, is a very small elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 2 and enrolls 126 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.

Hamel Elementary School falls under Edwardsville CUSD 7, which has 13 schools enrolling 7,060 students.

White students are 94% of those enrolled at Hamel Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Madison County's population at about 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.

Hamel Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The school has 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points below the 46% average for public schools in Madison County.

For the population of Madison County, the median household earns about $75,793 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Madison County, 84 public schools serve about 35,253 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Worden Elementary School, is about 3.1 miles. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).

Federal data show 128 students in 2020-21 and 126 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.

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