Lewis & Clark Elem School

Lewis & Clark Elem School is one of the compact primary schools in Godfrey, Illinois, operated by Alton CUSD 11, with 251 students on its rolls from grades K through 1. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Lewis & Clark Elem School sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Alton CUSD 11 (5,526 students total), Lewis & Clark Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lewis & Clark Elem School shows that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Black, 15% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Madison County) logs that median household earnings sit near $75,793, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Lewis & Clark Elem School is one of 84 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students).

Early Childhood is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lewis & Clark Elem School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lewis & Clark Elem School has shrank 3%, going from 258 students in 2018 to 251 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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