Enrollment
172
Elementary
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOOD RIVER-HARTFORD ESD 15·NCES 174305004319
Hartford Elementary School
110 W 2nd St, Hartford, IL 62048 · (618) 254-9814 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL172 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.1:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
125 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 79 | 46% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (14).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Hartford Elementary School→Lewis-Clark Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Wood River-Hartford ESD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
42.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.6% | 15.2% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Hartford Elementary School
Hartford Elementary School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Elementary School this school | 172 | 72.7% | 31.5% |
| Lyle School Kewanee | 173 | 73.4% | N/A |
| Tampico Elementary School Tampico | 156 | 70.5% | 51.3% |
| Dirksen Elementary School Pekin | 165 | 72.7% | 18.4% |
| Bethel Grade School Mount Vernon | 154 | 76.6% | 39.1% |
| Willow Elementary School Pekin | 192 | 75.0% | 37.0% |
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 Hartford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,227 of 1,925 | #20 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,630 of 2,077 ▼ 234 | #25 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #1,255 of 2,077 ▼ 182 | #15 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 172 | #2,142 of 2,419 | #39 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #676 of 2,132 | #8 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #652 of 1,461 | #7 of 29 |
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
172
+16 (+10%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 202
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 | 172 | 12.2 | 14.1:1 | 73% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 159 | 12.2 | 13.1:1 | 71% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 166 | 13.2 | 12.6:1 | 72% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 156 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 203 | 10.2 | 20.0:1 | 74% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 10 | 19.6:1 | 73% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 11 | 20.0:1 | 59% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 209 | 8 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 202 | 10 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hartford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (203 to 172); teachers up 20% (10.2 to 12.2).
About Hartford Elementary School
Hartford Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Hartford, Illinois. A federal count lists 172 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Wood River-Hartford ESD 15 has 579 students in 3 schools, and Hartford Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 79% of students at Hartford Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 11% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 83% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.1:1, with 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 73%. The average for public schools in Madison County is 46%.
Hartford Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Hartford Elementary School is 29.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.5%.
Within Madison County, the median household income is $75,793, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Madison County has 84 public schools and roughly 35,253 students.
Nearest public school: Roxana Sr High School, about 1.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 33.8% on proficiency, and Hartford Elementary School is below that at 31.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 172 students in 2024-25, 16 more than the 156 it had in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wood River-Hartford ESD 15
- Lewis-Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
- Lewis-Clark Jr High SchoolMiddle · 171 students
Nearby schools
- Roxana Sr High School1.8 mi · 500
- Roxana Junior High School1.8 mi · 393
- Central Intermediate School2.0 mi · 365
- South Primary School2.1 mi · 450
- Lewis-Clark Elementary School2.2 mi · 236
- Lewis-Clark Jr High School2.2 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About Hartford Elementary SchoolHow large is Hartford Elementary School?
Hartford Elementary School enrolls approximately 172 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hartford Elementary School serve?
Hartford Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Hartford Elementary School have?
Hartford Elementary School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Hartford Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hartford Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Two or more.
What district is Hartford Elementary School in?
Hartford Elementary School is part of Wood River-Hartford ESD 15.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.