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What's the most underrated thing about Illini Bluffs Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ILLINI BLUFFS CUSD 327·NCES 171996002252
Illini Bluffs Elementary School
9611 S Hanna City Glasford Rd, Glasford, IL 61533 · (309) 389-2231 · Peoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
130 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 60 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Based on grade levels within Illini Bluffs CUSD 327. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
63.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +17.9pp since 2023
Math
44.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 25.4% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Illini Bluffs Elementary School
Illini Bluffs Elementary School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illini Bluffs Elementary School this school | 425 | 30.6% | 53.5% |
| Dee-Mack Primary/Jr High Mackinaw | 432 | 30.3% | 56.7% |
| New Berlin Elementary School New Berlin | 452 | 30.1% | 56.8% |
| Davenport Elementary School Eureka | 430 | 32.3% | 53.0% |
| Lincoln Grade School Washington | 442 | 29.2% | 60.1% |
| LeRoy Elementary School Le Roy | 405 | 26.7% | 47.2% |
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 Illini Bluffs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #486 of 1,925 | #12 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #834 of 2,077 ▲ 144 | #16 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #554 of 2,077 ▲ 67 | #9 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #875 of 2,419 | #12 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,217 of 2,035 | #17 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #1,754 of 2,042 | #31 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #1,769 of 2,132 | #28 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #1,202 of 1,461 | #13 of 17 |
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
425
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+474% since 1990-91, when it was 74
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 | 425 | 30.5 | 13.9:1 | 31% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 29.5 | 14.5:1 | 34% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 28.5 | 14.9:1 | 30% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 29% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 23% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 21% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 110 | 3 | 36.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 74 | 3 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Illini Bluffs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (447 to 425); teachers up 13% (27 to 30.5).
About Illini Bluffs Elementary School
Illini Bluffs Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Glasford, Illinois. Its enrollment is 425 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
The 3 schools of Illini Bluffs CUSD 327, including Illini Bluffs Elementary School, enroll 855 students.
Roughly 92% of students at Illini Bluffs Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 5% multiracial. County-wide, 67% of Peoria County residents are White. The diversity index for Illini Bluffs Elementary School is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 30.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. Roughly 31% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 57% average for public schools in Peoria County is 26 points higher.
Illini Bluffs Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Illini Bluffs Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.5%, compared with a predicted 53.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Peoria County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $65,108 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Illini Bluffs Elementary School, Peoria County has 81 public schools.
Illini Bluffs High School is the nearest public school to Illini Bluffs Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Illini Bluffs Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Illini Bluffs Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 425, compared with 411 in 2020-21.
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Peoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
179,645
Census ACS
Median income
$65,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
27,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Illini Bluffs CUSD 327
- Illini Bluffs High SchoolHigh · 249 students
- Illini Bluffs Middle SchoolMiddle · 181 students
Other schools in Glasford
- Illini Bluffs High SchoolHigh · 249 students
- Illini Bluffs Middle SchoolMiddle · 181 students
Nearby schools
- Illini Bluffs High School0.0 mi · 249
- Illini Bluffs Middle School0.1 mi · 181
- Spring Lake Elementary School4.3 mi · 55
- Hollis Consolidated Grade School7.0 mi · 147
- Limestone Walters Elementary School7.1 mi · 169
- Oak Grove School7.6 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About Illini Bluffs Elementary SchoolHow large is Illini Bluffs Elementary School?
Illini Bluffs Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Illini Bluffs Elementary School serve?
Illini Bluffs Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Illini Bluffs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Illini Bluffs Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Illini Bluffs Elementary School?
At Illini Bluffs Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Illini Bluffs Elementary School in?
Illini Bluffs Elementary School is part of Illini Bluffs CUSD 327.
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