Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST ST LOUIS SD 189·NCES 171332005999
James Avant Elementary School
1915 N 55th St, Washington Pk, IL 62204 · (618) 646-3870 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
340 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
29.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 29.5% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% 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 18 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 James Avant Elementary School
James Avant Elementary School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Avant Elementary School this school | 342 | 99.4% | 32.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Dolton | 342 | 100.0% | 14.3% |
| Melody Elementary School Chicago | 341 | 99.4% | 12.5% |
| Curtis Elementary School Chicago | 356 | 97.5% | 9.4% |
| Bass Elementary School Chicago | 313 | 98.1% | 13.8% |
| Leland Elementary School Chicago | 344 | 95.6% | 10.4% |
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 James Avant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,195 of 1,925 | #27 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #1,302 of 2,077 ▼ 476 | #27 of 43 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,373 of 2,077 ▼ 411 | #29 of 43 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #1,310 of 2,419 | #22 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #101 of 2,035 | #3 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #1,411 of 2,042 | #30 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #30 of 2,132 | #5 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #160 of 1,461 | #3 of 30 |
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
342
-63 (-16%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 446
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 | 342 | 35 | 9.8:1 | 99% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 36 | 9.1:1 | 92% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 33 | 10.0:1 | 99% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 30.4 | 16.3:1 | 74% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 25 | 21.9:1 | 99% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 79% (354) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Avant Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (494 to 342); teachers up 15% (30.4 to 35).
About James Avant Elementary School
James Avant Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Washington Pk. It has an enrollment of 342 students in kindergarten through 5.
James Avant Elementary School is run by East St Louis SD 189, whose 10 schools enroll 4,646 students.
The share of Black students at James Avant Elementary School is 83%. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic and 2% White. St. Clair County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.
James Avant Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1, with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in St. Clair County is 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, James Avant Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 59% of Illinois public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 14.1% for James Avant Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 32.1%. The 18.0-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Clair County show that median household income comes to about $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Clair County counts 96 public schools with about 40,879 students.
James Avant Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 32.1% is above the 22.3% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 342 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, 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 East St Louis SD 189
- East St Louis Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- Mason/Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Wyvetter Younge School of ExcellenceElementary · 534 students
- Katie Harper-Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Vivian Adams Early Child CenterElementary · 377 students
- Annette Officer ElementaryElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence1.0 mi · 534
- East St Louis Senior High School1.9 mi · 1,288
- Mason/Clark Middle School2.2 mi · 540
- Annette Officer Elementary2.3 mi · 362
- Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School3.0 mi · 418
- Vivian Adams Early Child Center3.0 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About James Avant Elementary SchoolHow large is James Avant Elementary School?
James Avant Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-05.
Is James Avant Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James Avant Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at James Avant Elementary School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at James Avant Elementary School.
How diverse is James Avant Elementary School?
James Avant Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 13% Hispanic, 83% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees James Avant Elementary School?
James Avant Elementary School is overseen by East St Louis SD 189 in St. Clair County.
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