Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORTON CUSD 709·NCES 172680005284
Lettie Brown Elementary School
2550 N Morton Ave, Morton, IL 61550 · (309) 266-5309 · Tazewell County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
47 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Morton CUSD 709. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
82.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
72.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.3% | 72.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.3% | 53.4% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Lettie Brown Elementary School
Lettie Brown Elementary School's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lettie Brown Elementary School this school | 346 | 13.6% | 72.2% |
| Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School Lombard | 381 | 13.9% | 50.6% |
| Grace McWayne Elementary School Batavia | 372 | 9.9% | 69.4% |
| Parkview Elementary School Columbia | 427 | 14.5% | 77.3% |
| Nelson Prairie School New Lenox | 388 | 13.7% | 66.5% |
| Rochester Elementary EC-1 School Rochester | 402 | 17.9% | N/A |
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 Lettie Brown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #97 of 1,925 | #2 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #184 of 2,077 ▲ 67 | #2 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #99 of 2,077 ▲ 116 | #1 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #1,278 of 2,419 | #7 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,875 of 2,035 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #1,623 of 2,042 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #2,054 of 2,132 | #28 of 28 |
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
346
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+122% since 1990-91, when it was 156
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 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 14% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 20.7 | 16.8:1 | 11% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 19.9 | 18.1:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 21.5 | 16.1:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 11% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 16 | 19.8:1 | 9% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 18 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 156 | 7 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lettie Brown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (346 to 346); teachers down 7% (21.5 to 20).
About Lettie Brown Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Lettie Brown Elementary School serves students in Morton, Illinois. The school had 346 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Morton CUSD 709 has a total of 6 schools and 3,247 students, Lettie Brown Elementary School among them.
Lettie Brown Elementary School's enrollment is 89% White. Next come 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 93% of residents are White. Lettie Brown Elementary School's diversity index is 20%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 20 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 17.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 14% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Tazewell County average 39%.
allk12 grades Lettie Brown Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Lettie Brown Elementary School are 8.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (72.2% actual, 63.7% predicted).
Among Tazewell County residents, the median household income is $77,982, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lettie Brown Elementary School is one of 56 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Lettie Brown Elementary School to another public school is about 2.2 miles, to Morton Jr High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Lettie Brown Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 345 in 2020-21, 346 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morton CUSD 709
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 1,061 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Morton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Grundy Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Morton AcademyCombined
Other schools in Morton
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 1,061 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Morton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Grundy Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Morton AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Morton Jr High School2.2 mi · 504
- Morton High School2.4 mi · 1,061
- Jefferson Elementary School2.5 mi · 354
- Lincoln Elementary School2.9 mi · 517
- Grundy Elementary School3.2 mi · 465
- J L Hensey Elementary School3.2 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Lettie Brown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lettie Brown Elementary School?
Lettie Brown Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Lettie Brown Elementary School serve?
Lettie Brown Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lettie Brown Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lettie Brown Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lettie Brown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lettie Brown Elementary School are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Lettie Brown Elementary School public or private?
Lettie Brown Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Morton CUSD 709.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.