Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE SD 118·NCES 170561000236
Jefferson Elementary School
1400 N Charles St, Belleville, IL 62221 · (618) 233-3798 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
205 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
42.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
25.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 24.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 293 | 70.0% | 32.3% |
| High Mount Elementary School Swansea | 325 | 68.3% | 29.2% |
| Charter Oak Primary School Peoria | 337 | 66.8% | 44.1% |
| Westhaven Elementary Belleville | 313 | 64.9% | 44.2% |
| Thomas Paine Elementary School Urbana | 324 | 71.9% | 14.5% |
| Ellis Elementary School Belleville | 382 | 68.3% | 29.6% |
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 Jefferson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,186 of 1,925 | #26 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #1,436 of 2,077 ▼ 427 | #29 of 43 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,283 of 2,077 ▼ 208 | #27 of 43 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #1,574 of 2,419 | #30 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #260 of 2,035 | #6 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #379 of 2,042 | #6 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #746 of 2,132 | #19 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #162 of 1,461 | #4 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
293
-43 (-13%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 588
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 | 293 | 26.9 | 10.9:1 | 70% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 29.4 | 11.2:1 | 62% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 26.4 | 13.3:1 | 68% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 28.2 | 15.0:1 | 61% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 62% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 52% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 24 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (422 to 293); teachers down 5% (28.2 to 26.9).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school in Belleville, Illinois, according to federal school records. A federal count lists 293 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 23% smaller than that.
Jefferson Elementary School is part of a district of 11 schools: Belleville SD 118, with 3,275 students.
Black students form the largest group at Jefferson Elementary School, 47% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 34% White, 11% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of St. Clair County's population at about 28%. Jefferson Elementary School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 70%. That is 16 points above the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County.
A school with Jefferson Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 31.1%. Jefferson Elementary School scores 32.3%, 1.1 points above that line.
Jefferson Elementary School is located in St. Clair County, where 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. Federal data list 96 public schools in St. Clair County, with a combined enrollment of about 40,879.
The next-closest public school is Douglas Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Jefferson Elementary School's average proficiency of 32.3% compares with 38.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 336 in 2020-21 and 293 in 2024-25, a decrease of 43 students.
Community posts for Jefferson Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Belleville SD 118
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- West Jr High SchoolMiddle · 364 students
- Westhaven ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 104th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolCharleston, IL · 698 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolBerwyn, IL · 453 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolSterling, IL · 450 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMarion, IL · 376 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMorton, IL · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Douglas Elementary School0.8 mi · 233
- High Mount Elementary School1.0 mi · 325
- Franklin Elementary School1.1 mi · 172
- Washington School1.2 mi · 192
- Belleville High School-East1.3 mi · 2,600
- Whiteside Elementary School1.3 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 8% Hispanic, 47% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary School in?
Jefferson Elementary School is part of Belleville SD 118.
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