Kenwood Elem School

Kenwood Elem School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Champaign, Illinois, overseen by Champaign CUSD 4. Current enrollment sits at 402 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 18 schools in Champaign CUSD 4 (10,598 students total), Kenwood Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Kenwood Elem School shows that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 33% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Champaign County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Kenwood Elem School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Kenwood Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 57% of students at Kenwood Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kenwood Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.5%.

In the broader community, Champaign County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,683, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Kenwood Elem School is one of 66 public schools in Champaign County (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kenwood Elem School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.2%.

Kenwood Elem School operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 17%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 402 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 27% to 39% over that span.

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