Mable Woolsey Elem School

Mable Woolsey Elem School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Knoxville, Illinois, overseen by Knoxville CUSD 202, serves 383 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 3 schools in Knoxville CUSD 202 (917 students total), Mable Woolsey Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Mable Woolsey Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mable Woolsey Elem School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Mable Woolsey Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Knox County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mable Woolsey Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Knox County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,030 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Knox County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,359 students), Mable Woolsey Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Knoxville Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mable Woolsey Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mable Woolsey Elem School has climbed 10%, going from 347 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 88% to 97%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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