Leland Elem School

As an intimate K-5 school in Leland, Illinois, Leland Elem School caters to 175 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under Leland CUSD 1. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Leland CUSD 1 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 263 students. Leland Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Leland Elem School logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of LaSalle County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Leland Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for LaSalle County put median household earnings sit near $73,045, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, LaSalle County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,523 students), of which Leland Elem School is one.

Leland High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Leland Elem School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leland Elem School has held roughly steady, going from 174 students in 2018 to 175 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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