High Mount Elem School

Located at 1721 Boul Ave, in Swansea, Illinois, High Mount Elem School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that enrolls 325 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under High Mount SD 116.

High Mount Elem School sits inside High Mount SD 116, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, High Mount Elem School reports that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 36% White, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at High Mount Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Clair County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), High Mount Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Clair County) shows that median household income runs about $73,854, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. High Mount Elem School is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students).

The closest other public school is Jefferson Elem School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts High Mount Elem School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at High Mount Elem School has decreased 26%, going from 440 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 47% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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