Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREEPORT SD 145·NCES 171590001137
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate
1386 Kiwanis Dr, Freeport, IL 61032 · (815) 232-0610 · Stephenson County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% 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.
- FBeats 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
12.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
184 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Freeport SD 145. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
21.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.2% | 21.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 16.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate this school | 350 | 52.6% | 25.9% |
| Kellar Primary School Peoria | 365 | 53.2% | 52.6% |
| West Elementary School Alton | 407 | 57.0% | 25.0% |
| Illini Elementary School Fairview Heights | 315 | 48.9% | 34.1% |
| Parkside Elementary School Normal | 322 | 53.1% | 32.2% |
| Fairview Elementary School Normal | 280 | 54.6% | 38.3% |
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 Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Stephenson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #1,419 of 1,925 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,544 of 2,077 ▼ 201 | #7 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #1,634 of 2,077 ▼ 238 | #6 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,260 of 2,419 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #787 of 2,035 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #304 of 2,042 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #1,224 of 2,132 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.7% | #154 of 615 | N/A |
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
350
+61 (+21%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 389
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 | 350 | 27.6 | 12.7:1 | 53% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 53% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 45% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 58% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 20 | 15.5:1 | 66% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 64% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 15 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (300 to 350); teachers up 25% (22 to 27.6).
About Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate, located in Freeport, Illinois, is a mid-sized elementary school. There are 350 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6.
The district, Freeport SD 145, has 3,703 students enrolled across 8 schools.
No group is above 50% at Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate; the largest is White, at 49%. Other reported shares: 25% Black, 18% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Stephenson County's residents are about 80% White, 31 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The school has 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. In all, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Stephenson County is similar, at 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate lands at D, ahead of 11% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 15.3 points (25.9% versus 41.2%), a bottom-10% result in Illinois on BeatsExpectations.
In Stephenson County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $64,043, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 23 public schools and about 6,092 students.
Carl Sandburg Middle School, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment rose 21% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Stephenson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,768
Census ACS
Median income
$64,043
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,092 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Freeport SD 145
- Freeport High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Freeport Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 430 students
- Blackhawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Empire Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other schools in Freeport
- Freeport High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Freeport Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 430 students
- Blackhawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Empire Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Carl Sandburg Middle School1.0 mi · 430
- Empire Elementary School1.4 mi · 295
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School1.4 mi · 325
- Freeport Middle School2.3 mi · 515
- Freeport High School2.3 mi · 1,165
- Blackhawk Elementary School2.5 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Jones-Farrar Intl BaccalaureateHow large is Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate?
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate enrolls approximately 350 students in grades KG-06.
Is Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate have?
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate?
Student demographics at Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate are roughly 49% White, 7% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate?
Jones-Farrar Intl Baccalaureate is overseen by Freeport SD 145 in Stephenson County.
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