Enrollment
140
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003824
Hazel Dell Elementary School
850 W Lake Shore Dr, Springfield, IL 62712 · (217) 525-3223 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL140 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
106 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 119% larger than its 5th grade class (16).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
44.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +25.1pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 21.3% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Hazel Dell Elementary School
Hazel Dell Elementary School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Dell Elementary School this school | 140 | 75.7% | 31.5% |
| Henry Raab Elementary School Belleville | 154 | 77.3% | 48.5% |
| Laketown Elementary School Springfield | 135 | 67.4% | 27.6% |
| Southern View Elementary School Springfield | 171 | 76.0% | 18.5% |
| Franklin Elementary School Belleville | 172 | 82.0% | 24.2% |
| McClernand Elementary School Springfield | 213 | 80.3% | 16.9% |
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 Hazel Dell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,229 of 1,925 | #19 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,567 of 2,077 ▼ 436 | #22 of 34 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,205 of 2,077 ▲ 400 | #16 of 34 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 140 | #2,244 of 2,419 | #35 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #610 of 2,132 | #10 of 37 |
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
140
+20 (+17%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 203
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 | 140 | 12.3 | 11.4:1 | 76% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 13.5 | 8.4:1 | 63% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 122 | 12.9 | 9.5:1 | 61% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 120 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 180 | 14.4 | 12.5:1 | 84% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 15 | 15.1:1 | 70% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 17 | 11.2:1 | 74% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 12 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 203 | 11 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hazel Dell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (180 to 140); teachers down 15% (14.4 to 12.3).
About Hazel Dell Elementary School
Among the schools in Springfield, Illinois, is Hazel Dell Elementary School, a very small elementary school. The school has 140 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Hazel Dell Elementary School is one school in a 31-school district, Springfield SD 186, which enrolls 13,014 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hazel Dell Elementary School is 54% Black. Next come 31% White, 11% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 13% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 12.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Income data for the school show 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sangamon County is 48%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hazel Dell Elementary School's results are 3.7 points above predicted: 31.5% against 27.8%.
For the population of Sangamon County, median household income comes to about $75,357, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sangamon County's 77 public schools enroll about 27,345 students and include Hazel Dell Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Laketown Elementary School is closest at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Hazel Dell Elementary School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Hazel Dell Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
A 17% increase took enrollment from 120 in 2020-21 to 140 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Hazel Dell Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other Hazel Dell Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hazel Dell Elementary. Hazel Dell Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Hazel Dell Elementary SchoolNoblesville, IN · 642 students
- Hazel Dell Elementary SchoolVANCOUVER, WA · 370 students
Nearby schools
- Laketown Elementary School0.9 mi · 135
- Edwin A Lee Elementary School1.3 mi · 204
- Jefferson Middle School1.5 mi · 517
- Southern View Elementary School2.0 mi · 171
- Harvard Park Elementary School2.3 mi · 370
- Springfield Southeast High School2.5 mi · 1,229
Frequently asked questions
About Hazel Dell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hazel Dell Elementary School?
Hazel Dell Elementary School enrolls approximately 140 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hazel Dell Elementary School serve?
Hazel Dell Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Hazel Dell Elementary School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Hazel Dell Elementary School.
How diverse is Hazel Dell Elementary School?
Hazel Dell Elementary School reports a student body of 31% White, 4% Hispanic, 54% Black, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Hazel Dell Elementary School?
Hazel Dell Elementary School is overseen by Springfield SD 186 in Sangamon County.
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