Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILMINGTON CUSD 209U·NCES 174263004281
L J Stevens Intermediate School
221 Ryan St, Wilmington, IL 60481 · (815) 926-1689 · Will County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
15.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
174 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 28% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wilmington CUSD 209U. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
49.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
54.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 54.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 41.9% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 L J Stevens Intermediate School
L J Stevens Intermediate School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L J Stevens Intermediate School this school | 353 | 49.3% | 50.5% |
| Chebanse Elementary School Chebanse | 343 | 49.0% | 54.2% |
| North Side Elementary School Fairfield | 321 | 48.9% | 48.7% |
| Meadowbrook Intermediate School Moro | 344 | 48.0% | 40.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Oglesby | 328 | 50.0% | 34.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Robinson | 326 | 50.9% | 34.2% |
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 L J Stevens Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #584 of 1,925 | #42 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #555 of 2,077 ▼ 53 | #42 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #1,017 of 2,077 ▼ 375 | #71 of 100 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,250 of 2,419 | #84 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,703 of 2,035 | #84 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #1,405 of 2,042 | #102 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #1,320 of 2,132 | #41 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #1,335 of 1,461 | #63 of 71 |
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
353
+46 (+15%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 415
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 | 353 | 22.3 | 15.9:1 | 49% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 23.5 | 15.4:1 | 52% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 23.5 | 14.1:1 | 43% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 24.4 | 14.8:1 | 47% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 19 | 20.7:1 | 40% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 18 | 22.8:1 | 42% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 23 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 415 | 20 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L J Stevens Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (362 to 353); teachers down 9% (24.4 to 22.3).
About L J Stevens Intermediate School
L J Stevens Intermediate School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Wilmington, Illinois. The school's enrollment of 353 students covers grades 2 through 5.
Wilmington CUSD 209U, which runs L J Stevens Intermediate School, has 4 schools and 1,261 students.
L J Stevens Intermediate School enrolls a student body that is 83% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Will County overall, about 62% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at L J Stevens Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
The school employs the equivalent of 22.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at L J Stevens Intermediate School is 49%.
allk12 grades L J Stevens Intermediate School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, L J Stevens Intermediate School is 7.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.5% actual, 43.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
County data help place the school in context: in Will County, median household income is about $109,984, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. L J Stevens Intermediate School is among the 209 public schools in Will County.
Nearby, Wilmington Middle School is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. L J Stevens Intermediate School is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 15%, from 307 to 353.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilmington CUSD 209U
- Wilmington High SchoolHigh · 432 students
- Wilmington Middle SchoolMiddle · 254 students
- Bruning Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
Other schools in Wilmington
- Wilmington High SchoolHigh · 432 students
- Wilmington Middle SchoolMiddle · 254 students
- Bruning Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
- SOWIC Education CenterElementary
- SOWIC-EC WilmingtonElementary
- SOWIC-Educ & Life Skills-WilmingtElementary
Nearby schools
- Wilmington Middle School0.1 mi · 254
- Wilmington High School0.5 mi · 432
- Bruning Elementary School1.3 mi · 222
- Reed-Custer High School4.5 mi · 397
- Reed-Custer Middle School4.6 mi · 306
- Reed-Custer Elementary School5.1 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About L J Stevens Intermediate SchoolHow large is L J Stevens Intermediate School?
L J Stevens Intermediate School enrolls approximately 353 students in grades 02-05.
What grades does L J Stevens Intermediate School serve?
L J Stevens Intermediate School serves grades 02-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at L J Stevens Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at L J Stevens Intermediate School is approximately 15.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at L J Stevens Intermediate School?
Student demographics at L J Stevens Intermediate School are roughly 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees L J Stevens Intermediate School?
L J Stevens Intermediate School is overseen by Wilmington CUSD 209U in Will County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.