Leal Elem School

Leal Elem School is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in Urbana, Illinois, one of the schools within Urbana SD 116, works with 373 students in grades K through 5.

Urbana SD 116 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,658 students; Leal Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Leal Elem School reports that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 32% Black, 15% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian. By comparison, Champaign County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Leal Elem School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Leal Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.1%; this one delivers 37.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Champaign County indicate median household income runs about $63,683, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Champaign County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students), of which Leal Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Urbana High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Leal Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 17.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Leal Elem School's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 373). The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 33% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.