Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 118 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IROQUOIS WEST CUSD 10·NCES 172018004923
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman
215 E 2Nd St, Gilman, IL 60938 · (815) 265-7631 · Iroquois County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
9.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
96 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 1 | 48 | 30% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 37% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman→Iroquois West Elementary School/Thawville→Iroquois West Middle School→Iroquois West High School
Based on grade levels within Iroquois West CUSD 10. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
87.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.4pp since 2023
Math
89.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.2% | 89.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 83.0% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+46.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 47 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 Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman this school | 159 | 60.4% | 83.3% |
| Clark Elementary School South Beloit | 185 | 56.8% | N/A |
| Riverview Elementary School South Beloit | 199 | 64.8% | 29.7% |
| Prairie Central Primary East Chatsworth | 148 | 62.8% | N/A |
| Ladd Comm Cons School Ladd | 183 | 53.0% | 41.4% |
| Blackstone Elementary School Mendota | 197 | 62.4% | N/A |
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 Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Iroquois County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #16 of 1,925 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.4% | #16 of 2,077 ▼ 6 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #41 of 2,077 ▲ 154 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #2,180 of 2,419 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #1,003 of 2,132 | #4 of 8 |
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
159
-11 (-6%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 210
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 | 159 | 16.2 | 9.8:1 | 60% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 155 | 15.6 | 9.9:1 | 65% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 154 | 16.6 | 9.3:1 | 62% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 189 | 15.7 | 12.1:1 | 63% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 181 | 12 | 15.1:1 | 61% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 224 | 12 | 18.7:1 | 52% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 183 | 13 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 210 | 13 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (189 to 159); teachers up 3% (15.7 to 16.2).
About Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman runs as a small elementary school in Gilman, Illinois. Enrollment is 159 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 1 through 3. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 58% smaller than average.
Across its 5 schools, Iroquois West CUSD 10 enrolls 854 students. Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman is 66% White. It is also 31% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Iroquois County is roughly 89% White. By the diversity index, Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman comes in at 46%.
Dividing enrollment by its 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.8:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Eligible students account for 60% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman beats its 36.6% prediction with 83.3%, a top-10% result in Illinois.
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman is located in Iroquois County, where median household income is about $66,255, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 24 public schools in Iroquois County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,909.
The next-closest public school is Iroquois West High School, about 0.3 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman. On proficiency, Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman is ahead of the 40.7% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 170 in 2020-21 and 159 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Iroquois County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,449
Census ACS
Median income
$66,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
3,909 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iroquois West CUSD 10
- Iroquois West High SchoolHigh · 284 students
- Iroquois West Middle SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- Iroquois West Elementary School/ThawvilleElementary · 104 students
- Iroquois West Elementary School/DanforthElementary · 92 students
Nearby schools
- Iroquois West High School0.3 mi · 284
- Iroquois West Middle School3.6 mi · 215
- Iroquois West Elementary School/Danforth3.9 mi · 92
- Crescent City Grade School7.1 mi · 54
- Ashkum Early Literacy Center8.0 mi · 49
- Iroquois West Elementary School/Thawville9.1 mi · 104
Frequently asked questions
About Iroquois West Elementary School/GilmanHow many students attend Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman?
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman enrolls approximately 159 students in grades 01-03.
What grades does Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman serve?
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman serves grades 01-03.
How many students per teacher at Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman?
At Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman, the student body is approximately 66% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman?
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman is overseen by Iroquois West CUSD 10 in Iroquois County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.