LeClaire Elem School

LeClaire Elem School is an elementary school of cozy scale in Edwardsville, Illinois, part of Edwardsville CUSD 7, teacheing 312 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Edwardsville CUSD 7 comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,060 students; LeClaire Elem School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LeClaire Elem School shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, On paper, LeClaire Elem School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at LeClaire Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Madison County's rate of about 46%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household earnings sit near $75,793, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which LeClaire Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Middle School, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LeClaire Elem School has showed little movement, going from 318 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.