Maple Grove Elem School

Maple Grove Elem School, a micro-enrollment elementary campus in Joppa, Illinois, one of the schools within Joppa-Maple Grove UD 38, instructs 122 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Joppa-Maple Grove UD 38 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 200 students. Maple Grove Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Maple Grove Elem School reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Maple Grove Elem School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Maple Grove Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maple Grove Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.9%; Maple Grove Elem School posts 47.1%, +17.2 points above that line.

Around the school, Massac County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,116 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Maple Grove Elem School is one of 10 public schools in Massac County (combined enrollment of about 2,026 students).

The closest other public school is Joppa Jr & Sr High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Maple Grove Elem School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Maple Grove Elem School's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 156 (now 122).

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