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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003825
Iles Elementary School
1700 S 15th St, Springfield, IL 62703 · (217) 525-3226 · Sangamon County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
90 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 6% |
This year's 1st grade class (66) is 175% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
70%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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
92.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.2pp since 2023
Math
88.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.9% | 88.4% |
| 2023-24 | 75.7% | 81.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Iles Elementary School
Iles Elementary School's state test result (90.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iles Elementary School this school | 414 | 21.7% | 90.2% |
| Wilder-Waite Grade School Peoria | 404 | 24.5% | 68.5% |
| Arbor View Elementary School Glen Ellyn | 313 | 22.4% | 69.9% |
| Liberty Elementary School Bolingbrook | 522 | 26.8% | 59.6% |
| Indian Grove Elementary School Mount Prospect | 435 | 22.3% | 60.4% |
| Grove Elementary School Normal | 519 | 14.6% | 71.3% |
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 Iles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.2% | #7 of 1,925 | #1 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.4% | #19 of 2,077 ▼ 5 | #1 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.9% | #14 of 2,077 ▲ 29 | #1 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #938 of 2,419 | #11 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,920 of 2,035 | #31 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #162 of 2,042 | #1 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.7% | #1,936 of 2,132 | #33 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #421 of 615 | #7 of 10 |
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
414
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 567
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 | 414 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 25% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 24.5 | 16.0:1 | 19% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 22% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 17% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 28% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 21 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 29 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (393 to 414); teachers down 4% (24 to 23).
About Iles Elementary School
Among the schools in Springfield, Illinois, is Iles Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 414 students in 2024-25, in grades 1 through 8.
Besides Iles Elementary School, Springfield SD 186 runs 30 other schools. The district enrolls 13,014 students.
Enrollment at Iles Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 46%. Other reported shares: 24% Asian, 14% Black, 12% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 78% White among all Sangamon County residents. Iles Elementary School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Iles Elementary School is 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 18.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, lower than at this school. About 22% of students, or 90, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Sangamon County is 26 points higher.
BeatsExpectations places Iles Elementary School in the top 10% of Illinois schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 31.2 points above it (90.2% actual, 59.0% predicted).
Iles Elementary School is located in Sangamon County, where median household income is about $75,357, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Iles Elementary School is one of 77 public schools in Sangamon County, which together enroll about 27,345 students.
Feitshans Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Iles Elementary School's average proficiency of 90.2% compares with 21.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 388 to 414.
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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
Nearby schools
- Feitshans Elementary School0.4 mi · 288
- Springfield Southeast High School0.8 mi · 1,229
- Matheny-Withrow Elementary School0.8 mi · 216
- Springfield Ball Charter School1.0 mi · 394
- Harvard Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 370
- Lincoln Magnet School1.1 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Iles Elementary SchoolHow large is Iles Elementary School?
Iles Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades 01-08.
Is Iles Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Iles Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-08.
How many students per teacher at Iles Elementary School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Iles Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Iles Elementary School?
At Iles Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 4% Hispanic, 14% Black, 24% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Iles Elementary School?
Iles Elementary School is overseen by Springfield SD 186 in Sangamon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.