Enrollment
67
Elementary
DISTRICT 39 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKLYN UD 188·NCES 172364004710
Lovejoy Elementary School
800 Madison St, Lovejoy, IL 62059 · (618) 271-1014 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL67 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.4:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 32.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
60 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 10 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 10 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (13).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 3% · 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 Brooklyn UD 188. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
5.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
5.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| 2023-24 | 2.9% | 2.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 20% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lovejoy Elementary School
Lovejoy Elementary School's state test result (4.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovejoy Elementary School this school | 67 | 89.6% | 4.7% |
| Venice Elementary School Granite City | 62 | 98.4% | 13.8% |
| White Elementary Career Academy Chicago | 116 | 92.2% | 22.3% |
| Robinson Elementary School Chicago | 117 | 86.3% | 17.4% |
| McDowell Elementary School Chicago | 112 | 79.5% | 31.6% |
| Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy Markham | 102 | 98.0% | 30.3% |
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 Lovejoy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 67 | #2,384 of 2,419 | #49 of 50 |
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
67
-27 (-29%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 153
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 | 67 | 4.7 | 14.4:1 | 90% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 75 | 4.7 | 16.1:1 | 100% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 103 | 3.9 | 26.7:1 | 96% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 94 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 80 | 5.3 | 15.0:1 | 99% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 99 | 4 | 24.8:1 | 97% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 91 | 7 | 13.0:1 | 97% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 145 | 8 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 153 | 9 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lovejoy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (80 to 67); teachers down 13% (5.3 to 4.7).
About Lovejoy Elementary School
This page covers Lovejoy Elementary School, a small elementary school in Lovejoy, Illinois. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 67 students. Against the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois, enrollment here is 82% lower.
Brooklyn UD 188 runs Lovejoy Elementary School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 118 students in total.
The large majority of students at Lovejoy Elementary School, 100%, are Black. St. Clair County's residents are about 28% Black, 72 points below the school's share. Lovejoy Elementary School has a diversity index of 0%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 4.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.4:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is about 13.9:1. The school's lunch program data list 90% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in St. Clair County average 54%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Lovejoy Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Lovejoy Elementary School is 19.8%. It actually posts 4.7%, which is 15.1 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in St. Clair County, median household income is about $73,854, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 96 public schools operate in St. Clair County, serving about 40,879 students.
The nearest other public school, Lovejoy Technology Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lovejoy Elementary School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lovejoy Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 94 to 67 over 4 years.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Lovejoy Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brooklyn UD 188
- Lovejoy Technology AcademyHigh · 27 students
- Lovejoy Middle SchoolMiddle · 24 students
Other schools in Lovejoy
- Lovejoy Technology AcademyHigh · 27 students
- Lovejoy Middle SchoolMiddle · 24 students
Other Lovejoy Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Lovejoy Elementary. Lovejoy Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Lovejoy Elementary SchoolAlton, IL · 230 students
- Lovejoy Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Lovejoy Technology Academy0.0 mi · 27
- Lovejoy Middle School0.0 mi · 24
- AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS1.7 mi · 131
- OLD NORTH ACADEMY1.8 mi · 448
- Madison Senior High School1.9 mi · 152
- Madison Jr High School1.9 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Lovejoy Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lovejoy Elementary School?
Lovejoy Elementary School enrolls approximately 67 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lovejoy Elementary School serve?
Lovejoy Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lovejoy Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Lovejoy Elementary School.
How diverse is Lovejoy Elementary School?
Lovejoy Elementary School reports a student body of 100% Black.
Who oversees Lovejoy Elementary School?
Lovejoy Elementary School is overseen by Brooklyn UD 188 in St. Clair County.
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