Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAHOKIA CUSD 187·NCES 170804000413
Huffman Elementary School
600 Saint Robert Dr, Cahokia, IL 62206 · (618) 332-3720 · St. Clair County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
221 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 86 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
13.3%
IL avg 51.0% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.3% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.8% | 1.5% |
% 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
11.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Huffman Elementary School
Huffman Elementary School's state test result (11.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huffman Elementary School this school | 268 | 82.5% | 11.0% |
| Maplewood Elementary School Cahokia | 290 | 84.5% | N/A |
| Burnside Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 264 | 81.4% | 32.2% |
| Gillespie Elementary School Chicago | 288 | 79.9% | 18.2% |
| Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy Chicago | 308 | 82.8% | 32.8% |
| Bennett Elementary School Chicago | 312 | 80.4% | 23.0% |
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 Huffman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #1,859 of 1,925 | #40 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #1,901 of 2,077 ▲ 138 | #41 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #2,029 of 2,077 ▼ 223 | #40 of 43 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #1,723 of 2,419 | #35 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,568 of 2,035 | #30 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #1,555 of 2,042 | #32 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #461 of 2,132 | #13 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #597 of 1,461 | #12 of 30 |
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
268
-25 (-9%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 402
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 | 268 | 17.7 | 15.2:1 | 82% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 17.6 | 15.7:1 | 87% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 18.7 | 14.9:1 | 93% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 21.1 | 15.2:1 | 92% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 81% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 90% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 333 | 18 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 22 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huffman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (320 to 268); teachers down 16% (21.1 to 17.7).
About Huffman Elementary School
Huffman Elementary School is an elementary school in Cahokia, Illinois, reachable at (618) 332-3720. Students in grades 3 through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 268 students. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 30% smaller than that.
The 8 schools of Cahokia CUSD 187, including Huffman Elementary School, enroll 2,991 students.
About 88% of the student body at Huffman Elementary School is Black. The rest of enrollment is 7% multiracial and 3% White. Census estimates put the Black share of St. Clair County's population at about 28%. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.2:1, with 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Huffman Elementary School is 82%. The average for public schools in St. Clair County is 54%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Huffman Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 11.0% actual against 23.9% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for St. Clair County show that the median household income is $73,854, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 96 public schools in St. Clair County, enrolling about 40,879 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Maplewood Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Huffman Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 11.0% is below the 31.0% average for nearby schools.
Huffman Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 268 students in 2024-25, 25 fewer than the 293 it had in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cahokia CUSD 187
- Cahokia High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Wirth/Parks Middle SchoolMiddle · 571 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Lalumier Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Penniman Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Elizabeth Morris Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
Other schools in Cahokia
- Cahokia High SchoolHigh · 850 students
- Wirth/Parks Middle SchoolMiddle · 571 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Penniman Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Elizabeth Morris Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Estelle Sauget School of ChoiceElementary · 240 students
Other Huffman Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Huffman Elementary. Huffman Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Huffman Elementary SchoolHUFFMAN, TX · 915 students
- Huffman Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 519 students
- Huffman ElementaryAnchorage, AK · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Maplewood Elementary School1.0 mi · 290
- Elizabeth Morris Elementary School1.0 mi · 246
- Cahokia High School1.2 mi · 850
- Estelle Sauget School of Choice1.6 mi · 240
- Penniman Elementary School1.8 mi · 250
- KIPP WONDER ACADEMY2.4 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Huffman Elementary SchoolHow large is Huffman Elementary School?
Huffman Elementary School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Huffman Elementary School serve?
Huffman Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Huffman Elementary School have?
Huffman Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Huffman Elementary School?
Student demographics at Huffman Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 1% Hispanic, 88% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Huffman Elementary School in?
Huffman Elementary School is part of Cahokia CUSD 187.
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