Maplewood Elem School

Maplewood Elem School is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in Cahokia, Illinois, operated by Cahokia CUSD 187, teacheing 290 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Maplewood Elem School sits 24% below that benchmark.

Maplewood Elem School is one of 8 schools operated by Cahokia CUSD 187, a district that hosts 2,991 students overall.

On demographics, Maplewood Elem School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%). The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 5% White, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Clair County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Maplewood Elem School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Maplewood Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at Maplewood Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Clair County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for St. Clair County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,854 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which Maplewood Elem School is one.

Cahokia High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Maplewood Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maplewood Elem School has declined 10%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 86% to 82% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Maplewood Elem School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.