Illini Elem School

As an intimate primary school in Fairview Heights, Illinois, Illini Elem School hosts 315 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within Grant CCSD 110.

Grant CCSD 110 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 569 students; Illini Elem School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Illini Elem School reports that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 39% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Illini Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Illini Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (St. Clair County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,854 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Illini Elem School is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students).

Nearest neighbor: Grant Middle School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Illini Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Illini Elem School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 304 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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