Laverna Evans Elem School

As a mid-tier primary school in O Fallon, Illinois, Laverna Evans Elem School instructs 421 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under O Fallon CCSD 90.

O Fallon CCSD 90 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,862 students; Laverna Evans Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Laverna Evans Elem School logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Black, 12% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Clair County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Laverna Evans Elem School records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Clair County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Laverna Evans Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put median household income runs about $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which Laverna Evans Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is O Fallon High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Laverna Evans Elem School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 21%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 421 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 56% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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