Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOOD RIVER-HARTFORD ESD 15·NCES 174305004320
Lewis-Clark Elementary School
501 E Lorena Ave, Wood River, IL 62095 · (618) 254-4354 · Madison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
9.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
189 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Lewis-Clark Elementary School→Lewis-Clark Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Wood River-Hartford ESD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
42.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
29.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 29.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 20.9% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Lewis-Clark Elementary School
Lewis-Clark Elementary School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis-Clark Elementary School this school | 236 | 80.1% | 33.7% |
| LaSalle Elementary School Creve Coeur | 262 | 78.6% | 30.5% |
| Northwest Elementary School Lincoln | 271 | 74.9% | 46.2% |
| The Early Years Jacksonville | 247 | 74.5% | N/A |
| C B Smith Elementary School Pekin | 264 | 75.4% | 28.9% |
| Sandoval Elementary School Sandoval | 221 | 73.8% | 22.6% |
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 Lewis-Clark Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,137 of 1,925 | #17 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #1,314 of 2,077 ▼ 170 | #19 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,264 of 2,077 ▼ 9 | #16 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #1,899 of 2,419 | #35 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #100 of 2,035 | #1 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #1,130 of 2,042 | #21 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #504 of 2,132 | #3 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #645 of 1,461 | #6 of 29 |
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
236
-16 (-6%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 414
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 | 236 | 24.2 | 9.8:1 | 80% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 24.2 | 9.7:1 | 79% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 231 | 24.2 | 9.6:1 | 74% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 20.2 | 13.8:1 | 65% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 61% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 59% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 26 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 23 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis-Clark Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (279 to 236); teachers up 20% (20.2 to 24.2).
About Lewis-Clark Elementary School
Lewis-Clark Elementary School sits in Wood River, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. The school counted 236 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 38% below the average for elementary schools in Illinois.
The Wood River-Hartford ESD 15 system has 3 schools and 579 students.
About 75% of the student body at Lewis-Clark Elementary School is White. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Income data for the school show 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Madison County average 46%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lewis-Clark Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 51% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Test results at Lewis-Clark Elementary School are 8.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (33.7% actual, 25.3% predicted).
The county, Madison County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $75,793, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 84, with about 35,253 students.
Among nearby public schools, Lewis-Clark Jr High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Lewis-Clark Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.4%, lower than Lewis-Clark Elementary School's 33.7%.
The federal government classifies Lewis-Clark Elementary School's location as Suburb: Small.
In 2020-21, Lewis-Clark Elementary School enrolled 252 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 236.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wood River-Hartford ESD 15
- Hartford Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
- Lewis-Clark Jr High SchoolMiddle · 171 students
Other schools in Wood River
- East Alton-Wood River High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- Lewis-Clark Jr High SchoolMiddle · 171 students
- L&C Middle School/Region IIIElementary
- Region III 9-12+ CLIP ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Lewis-Clark Jr High School0.0 mi · 171
- Central Intermediate School0.8 mi · 365
- East Alton-Wood River High School0.8 mi · 539
- Roxana Sr High School1.0 mi · 500
- Roxana Junior High School1.0 mi · 393
- Eastwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis-Clark Elementary SchoolHow large is Lewis-Clark Elementary School?
Lewis-Clark Elementary School enrolls approximately 236 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lewis-Clark Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lewis-Clark Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Lewis-Clark Elementary School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Lewis-Clark Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lewis-Clark Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lewis-Clark Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Black, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Lewis-Clark Elementary School?
Lewis-Clark Elementary School is overseen by Wood River-Hartford ESD 15 in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.