Lena-Winslow Elem School

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Lena, Illinois, Lena-Winslow Elem School works with 412 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Lena Winslow CUSD 202.

Lena Winslow CUSD 202 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 817 students. Lena-Winslow Elem School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lena-Winslow Elem School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Stephenson County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Stephenson County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lena-Winslow Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.1%; actual is 62.2%, +14.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Stephenson County shows median household income runs about $64,043, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stephenson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,092 students), Lena-Winslow Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Lena-Winslow Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lena-Winslow Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 416 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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