Jerseyville West Elem School

Jerseyville West Elem School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Jerseyville, Illinois, run under Jersey CUSD 100. Current enrollment sits at 352 students spanning grades pre-K through 1.

Jersey CUSD 100 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,365 students. Jerseyville West Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jerseyville West Elem School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Jersey County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jersey County put the typical household earns roughly $80,361 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Jerseyville West Elem School is one of 10 public schools in Jersey County (combined enrollment of about 2,377 students).

Jersey Community Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jerseyville West Elem School's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 352). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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