Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·URBANA SD 116·NCES 173996004011
Leal Elementary School
312 W Oregon St, Urbana, IL 61801 · (217) 384-3618 · Champaign County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
222 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
39.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 28.0% |
% 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Leal Elementary School
Leal Elementary School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leal Elementary School this school | 373 | 59.5% | 37.1% |
| Sugar Creek Elementary School Normal | 468 | 60.5% | 34.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Dekalb | 308 | 56.8% | 45.0% |
| Westview Elementary School Champaign | 434 | 55.3% | 35.3% |
| Kenwood Elementary School Champaign | 402 | 56.7% | 36.5% |
| Butler Elementary School Springfield | 367 | 56.9% | 42.5% |
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 Leal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #1,011 of 1,925 | #14 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,213 of 2,077 ▼ 322 | #16 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,375 of 2,077 ▼ 137 | #15 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #1,138 of 2,419 | #18 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,004 of 2,035 | #14 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #103 of 2,042 | #7 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #1,028 of 2,132 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #1,008 of 1,461 | #8 of 19 |
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
373
+23 (+7%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 489
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 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 60% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 57% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 55% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 27.5 | 14.8:1 | 55% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 57% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 62% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 23 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 27 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (407 to 373); teachers up 2% (27.5 to 28).
About Leal Elementary School
The public elementary school Leal Elementary School is located in Urbana, Illinois. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 373 students enrolled.
Urbana SD 116 oversees Leal Elementary School and 8 other schools, with 4,658 students in total.
The biggest share of students at Leal Elementary School, 39%, is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black, 15% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. In Champaign County overall, about 64% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Leal Elementary School scores 71%.
Teacher count: 28 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.3:1. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 60%.
On BeatsExpectations, Leal Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
The school's county is Champaign County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $63,683 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Champaign County number 66, with about 25,919 students.
Urbana High School sits about 0.3 miles from Leal Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Leal Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
The school's student count increased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Leal Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Urbana SD 116
- Urbana High SchoolHigh · 1,176 students
- Urbana Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
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Other schools in Urbana
- Urbana High SchoolHigh · 1,176 students
- Urbana Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Yankee Ridge Multilingual SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Yankee Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Dr Preston L Williams Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Thomas Paine Elementary SchoolElementary · 324 students
Other Leal Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Leal Elementary. Leal Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Leal Elementary SchoolMISSION, TX · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Urbana High School0.3 mi · 1,176
- Urbana Middle School0.4 mi · 877
- University of Illinois High School0.8 mi · 319
- M L King Jr Elementary School1.1 mi · 322
- Yankee Ridge Multilingual School1.4 mi · 482
- Yankee Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Leal Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leal Elementary School?
Leal Elementary School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Leal Elementary School serve?
Leal Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Leal Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Leal Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Leal Elementary School?
Student demographics at Leal Elementary School are roughly 39% White, 8% Hispanic, 32% Black, 6% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Leal Elementary School public or private?
Leal Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Urbana SD 116.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.