Enrollment
243
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003826
Jane Addams Elementary School
10 Babiak Ln, Springfield, IL 62702 · (217) 787-3144 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
199 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
37.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +25.5pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.7% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 12.2% | 13.7% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Jane Addams Elementary School
Jane Addams Elementary School's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Addams Elementary School this school | 243 | 81.9% | 25.9% |
| Enos Elementary School Springfield | 245 | 78.0% | 22.4% |
| McClernand Elementary School Springfield | 213 | 80.3% | 16.9% |
| Black Hawk Elementary School Springfield | 234 | 78.2% | 24.3% |
| Tyler Elementary School De Kalb | 265 | 78.9% | 13.7% |
| Feitshans Elementary School Springfield | 288 | 84.0% | 5.4% |
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 Jane Addams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #1,421 of 1,925 | #23 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,520 of 2,077 ▼ 58 | #21 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #1,426 of 2,077 ▲ 440 | #19 of 34 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #1,867 of 2,419 | #26 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #411 of 2,035 | #5 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #603 of 2,042 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #473 of 2,132 | #4 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #737 of 1,461 | #12 of 23 |
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
243
-37 (-13%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 478
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 | 243 | 21 | 11.6:1 | 82% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 21 | 12.5:1 | 74% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 21.5 | 13.5:1 | 69% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 22.4 | 12.5:1 | 79% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 63% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 82% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 21 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jane Addams Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (281 to 243); teachers down 6% (22.4 to 21).
About Jane Addams Elementary School
Jane Addams Elementary School is a small elementary school in Springfield, Illinois, (ZIP code 62702). The school's 243 students are in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 36% lower than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Springfield SD 186 includes 31 schools. Together they enroll 13,014 students.
Black students make up a majority at Jane Addams Elementary School, at 55%. Next come 30% White, 11% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 13% Black among all Sangamon County residents. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Jane Addams Elementary School total 21 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school counts 199 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 82%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sangamon County is 48%.
Jane Addams Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (25.9%) and its predicted rate (24.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Federal survey data for Sangamon County show that the median household income is $75,357, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Sangamon County is home to 77 public schools and about 27,345 public school students.
The school nearest to Jane Addams Elementary School is U S Grant Middle School, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Jane Addams Elementary School places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Jane Addams Elementary School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 280 in 2020-21 to 243 in 2024-25.
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Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other Jane Addams Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Jane Addams Elementary. Jane Addams Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolPalatine, IL · 567 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolMelrose Park, IL · 385 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolMoline, IL · 299 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolREDFORD, MI · 297 students
Nearby schools
- U S Grant Middle School1.0 mi · 498
- Dubois Elementary School1.1 mi · 469
- Enos Elementary School1.2 mi · 245
- Springfield High School1.5 mi · 1,308
- Elizabeth Graham Elementary School1.5 mi · 241
- Owen Marsh Elementary School1.7 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Jane Addams Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jane Addams Elementary School?
Jane Addams Elementary School enrolls approximately 243 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jane Addams Elementary School serve?
Jane Addams Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jane Addams Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jane Addams Elementary School is approximately 11.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jane Addams Elementary School?
At Jane Addams Elementary School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 3% Hispanic, 55% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Jane Addams Elementary School?
Jane Addams Elementary School is overseen by Springfield SD 186 in Sangamon County.
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