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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KNOXVILLE CUSD 202·NCES 172139002408
Mable Woolsey Elementary School
106 Pleasant Ave, Knoxville, IL 61448 · (309) 289-4134 · Knox County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
160 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 56%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (74).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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 Knoxville CUSD 202. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 31.7% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Mable Woolsey Elementary School
Mable Woolsey Elementary School's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mable Woolsey Elementary School this school | 383 | 41.8% | 51.1% |
| Mount Pulaski Elementary School Mount Pulaski | 369 | 40.4% | 51.0% |
| Calhoun Elementary/ Jr High School Hardin | 336 | 41.7% | 42.8% |
| Lena-Winslow Elementary School Lena | 412 | 40.5% | 62.2% |
| North Elementary School Marshall | 339 | 41.6% | 52.6% |
| Mossville Elementary School Chillicothe | 431 | 41.3% | 62.0% |
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 Mable Woolsey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Knox County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #561 of 1,925 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #693 of 2,077 ▲ 60 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #666 of 2,077 ▼ 146 | #3 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #1,091 of 2,419 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,810 of 2,035 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.6% | #1,985 of 2,042 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.8% | #1,513 of 2,132 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.4% | #273 of 615 | N/A |
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
383
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 365
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 | 383 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 42% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 29.9 | 13.1:1 | 53% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 27.8 | 14.5:1 | 50% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 27.6 | 12.6:1 | 45% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 52% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 36% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 313 | 19 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 16 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mable Woolsey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (347 to 383); teachers down 17% (27.6 to 23).
About Mable Woolsey Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Knoxville, Illinois, Mable Woolsey Elementary School is part of Knoxville CUSD 202. The school serves 383 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.
The 3 schools of Knoxville CUSD 202, including Mable Woolsey Elementary School, enroll 917 students.
About 97% of the student body at Mable Woolsey Elementary School is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% multiracial. In Knox County overall, about 82% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 6% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 16.6 students per teacher and 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.7 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 42%. That is 22 points below the 64% average for public schools in Knox County.
allk12 grades Mable Woolsey Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Mable Woolsey Elementary School scores 51.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 47.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Knox County show that the median household income is $57,030, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mable Woolsey Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Knoxville Jr High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of Mable Woolsey Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mable Woolsey Elementary School is 1st of 8 on proficiency.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 379 in 2020-21, 383 in 2024-25.
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Knox County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,046
Census ACS
Median income
$57,030
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
6,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Knoxville CUSD 202
- Knoxville Sr High SchoolHigh · 272 students
- Knoxville Jr High SchoolMiddle · 262 students
Other schools in Knoxville
- Knoxville Sr High SchoolHigh · 272 students
- Knoxville Jr High SchoolMiddle · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Knoxville Jr High School0.3 mi · 262
- Knoxville Sr High School0.4 mi · 272
- King School4.2 mi · 510
- Lombard Middle School4.6 mi · 534
- Silas Willard Elementary School6.1 mi · 425
- Steele School6.8 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Mable Woolsey Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mable Woolsey Elementary School?
Mable Woolsey Elementary School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Mable Woolsey Elementary School serve?
Mable Woolsey Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Mable Woolsey Elementary School have?
Mable Woolsey Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Mable Woolsey Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mable Woolsey Elementary School are roughly 97% White, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mable Woolsey Elementary School in?
Mable Woolsey Elementary School is part of Knoxville CUSD 202.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.