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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DECATUR SD 61·NCES 171185005156
Johns Hill Magnet School
1025 E Johns Ave, Decatur, IL 62521 · (217) 362-3350 · Macon County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
500 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
20.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
12.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 12.6% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 6.5% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Johns Hill Magnet School
Johns Hill Magnet School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hill Magnet School this school | 627 | 79.7% | 17.0% |
| Brennemann Elementary School Chicago | 482 | 83.2% | 20.6% |
| Founders Elementary School Dekalb | 565 | 78.1% | 19.8% |
| Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed Center Peoria | 584 | 78.3% | N/A |
| Riverdahl Elementary School Rockford | 535 | 87.7% | 12.9% |
| C Henry Bloom Elementary School Rockford | 426 | 79.1% | 18.1% |
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 Johns Hill Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Macon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,700 of 1,925 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #1,809 of 2,077 ▼ 22 | #8 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,914 of 2,077 ▼ 24 | #9 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #220 of 2,419 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,605 of 2,035 | #7 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #101 of 2,042 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #512 of 2,132 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.0% | #61 of 615 | #5 of 10 |
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
627
+136 (+28%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 551
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 | 627 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 80% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 61% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 72% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 47% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 48% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 55% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 27 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johns Hill Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (475 to 627); teachers up 28% (32 to 41).
About Johns Hill Magnet School
Johns Hill Magnet School is a large elementary school in Decatur, Illinois, under Decatur SD 61. Total enrollment is 627 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. It has 65% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Johns Hill Magnet School is one school in Decatur SD 61, a system of 15 schools with 7,840 students.
Black students account for 40% of enrollment at Johns Hill Magnet School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 15% White, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 16% of Macon County residents are Black. The diversity index for Johns Hill Magnet School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Johns Hill Magnet School is 15.3:1, based on 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Johns Hill Magnet School counts 80% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Macon County is 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Johns Hill Magnet School lands at D, ahead of 7% of Illinois public elementary schools.
A school with Johns Hill Magnet School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 25.5%. Johns Hill Magnet School scores 17.0%, 8.5 points below that line.
The school is in Macon County, where the median household earns about $62,666 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Macon County, 43 public schools serve about 14,702 students.
Johns Hill Magnet School's nearest public school is Eisenhower High School (about 0.7 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Johns Hill Magnet School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 627, compared with 491 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Johns Hill Magnet School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Macon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,849
Census ACS
Median income
$62,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
14,702 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Decatur SD 61
- MacArthur High SchoolHigh · 1,059 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 909 students
- Montessori Academy for PeaceElementary · 586 students
- Dennis Lab SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Hope AcademyElementary · 501 students
Other schools in Decatur
- MacArthur High SchoolHigh · 1,059 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 909 students
- Montessori Academy for PeaceElementary · 586 students
- Dennis Lab SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Hope AcademyElementary · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Eisenhower High School0.7 mi · 909
- Hope Academy1.0 mi · 501
- Dennis Lab School1.7 mi · 579
- Robertson Charter School1.8 mi · 327
- South Shores Elementary School1.9 mi · 335
- Muffley Elementary School2.0 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Johns Hill Magnet SchoolHow many students attend Johns Hill Magnet School?
Johns Hill Magnet School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Johns Hill Magnet School serve?
Johns Hill Magnet School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Johns Hill Magnet School have?
Johns Hill Magnet School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Johns Hill Magnet School?
Student demographics at Johns Hill Magnet School are roughly 15% White, 30% Hispanic, 40% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Johns Hill Magnet School in?
Johns Hill Magnet School is part of Decatur SD 61.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.