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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·O FALLON CCSD 90·NCES 172976003087
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School
1050 Ogle Rd, O Fallon, IL 62269 · (618) 632-8406 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
18.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
89 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
69.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.7% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 62.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School this school | 452 | 19.7% | 67.2% |
| Albert Cassens Elementary Glen Carbon | 477 | 19.5% | 51.9% |
| Wolf Branch Elementary School Swansea | 482 | 21.8% | 71.5% |
| Walnut Trails Elementary School Shorewood | 475 | 20.2% | 62.9% |
| Wingate Elementary School Shiloh | 424 | 16.5% | 67.0% |
| Prairieland Elementary School Normal | 450 | 22.2% | 60.4% |
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 J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #172 of 1,925 | #5 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #245 of 2,077 ▼ 113 | #4 of 43 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #355 of 2,077 ▼ 44 | #8 of 43 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #749 of 2,419 | #13 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,926 of 2,035 | #43 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #736 of 2,042 | #22 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #1,960 of 2,132 | #45 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #312 of 615 | #7 of 13 |
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
452
+47 (+12%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 399
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 | 452 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 20% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 18% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 18% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 18 | 20.2:1 | 23% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 19 | 18.9:1 | 16% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 27 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 20 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (416 to 452); teachers up 25% (20 to 25).
About J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in O Fallon, Illinois. It enrolled 452 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School is run by O Fallon CCSD 90, whose 7 schools enroll 3,862 students.
White students account for 64% of enrollment at J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School. The remaining students are 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. For comparison, St. Clair County is about 60% White. By the diversity index, J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School comes in at 55%.
At J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School, 25 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Roughly 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County.
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School's results are 7.0 points above predicted: 67.2% against 60.1%.
Census estimates describe St. Clair County this way: median household income is about $73,854, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of St. Clair County number 96 and enroll about 40,879.
Nearest public school: Marie Schaefer Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 67.2% versus a 55.8% average.
NCES assigns J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 452 was 12% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 405.
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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 O Fallon CCSD 90
- Fulton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Amelia V Carriel Jr HighMiddle · 664 students
- Marie Schaefer Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Delores Moye Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Laverna Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
Other schools in O Fallon
- O Fallon High SchoolHigh · 2,540 students
- Fulton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Amelia V Carriel Jr HighMiddle · 664 students
- Marie Schaefer Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Delores Moye Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Marie Schaefer Elementary School1.0 mi · 598
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School1.0 mi · 465
- Fulton Jr High School1.2 mi · 667
- O Fallon High School1.4 mi · 2,540
- Amelia V Carriel Jr High1.6 mi · 664
- Dawn Elser Elementary School1.6 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary SchoolHow large is J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School?
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School serve?
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School is approximately 18.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School?
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 7% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School public or private?
J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by O Fallon CCSD 90.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.