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Enrollment
598
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·O FALLON CCSD 90·NCES 172976003767
Marie Schaefer Elementary School
505 S Cherry St, O Fallon, IL 62269 · (618) 632-3621 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
140 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
57.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
56.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.3% | 45.3% |
% 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Marie Schaefer Elementary School
Marie Schaefer Elementary School's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Schaefer Elementary School this school | 598 | 23.4% | 57.5% |
| Delores Moye Elementary School O Fallon | 595 | 24.9% | 67.9% |
| Wolf Branch Elementary School Swansea | 482 | 21.8% | 71.5% |
| Irving Elementary School Oak Park | 509 | 21.2% | 67.8% |
| Oliver W Holmes Elementary School Oak Park | 513 | 25.9% | 65.1% |
| J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School O Fallon | 452 | 19.7% | 67.2% |
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 Marie Schaefer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #383 of 1,925 | #10 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #491 of 2,077 ▼ 71 | #9 of 43 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #755 of 2,077 ▼ 213 | #12 of 43 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #278 of 2,419 | #5 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,878 of 2,035 | #40 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #605 of 2,042 | #17 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #1,897 of 2,132 | #42 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #531 of 615 | #12 of 13 |
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
598
+26 (+5%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 682
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 | 598 | 34.5 | 17.3:1 | 23% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 34 | 18.9:1 | 23% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 22% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 26.2 | 22.3:1 | 19% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 23 | 21.7:1 | 21% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | 21% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 39 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marie Schaefer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (585 to 598); teachers up 32% (26.2 to 34.5).
About Marie Schaefer Elementary School
Marie Schaefer Elementary School is a large elementary school in O Fallon CCSD 90, located in O Fallon, Illinois. The school counted 598 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 57% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Marie Schaefer Elementary School is in O Fallon CCSD 90, a district with 3,862 students across 7 schools.
The share of White students at Marie Schaefer Elementary School is 58%, a majority. Other students are 23% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put St. Clair County at about 60% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Its staff includes 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 3.4 students per teacher. Roughly 23% of students at Marie Schaefer Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County is 31 points.
Marie Schaefer Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (57.5%) and its predicted rate (58.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Census data for St. Clair County show median household income comes to about $73,854, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 96 public schools and about 40,879 students.
O Fallon High School is the nearest public school to Marie Schaefer Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Marie Schaefer Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Marie Schaefer Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Marie Schaefer Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 O Fallon CCSD 90
- Fulton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Amelia V Carriel Jr HighMiddle · 664 students
- Delores Moye Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Laverna Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
Other schools in O Fallon
- O Fallon High SchoolHigh · 2,540 students
- Fulton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Amelia V Carriel Jr HighMiddle · 664 students
- Delores Moye Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
Nearby schools
- O Fallon High School0.7 mi · 2,540
- Estelle Kampmeyer Elementary School0.9 mi · 465
- Laverna Evans Elementary School1.0 mi · 421
- J Emmett Hinchcliffe Sr Elementary School1.0 mi · 452
- Amelia V Carriel Jr High1.6 mi · 664
- Shiloh Middle School1.8 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Marie Schaefer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Marie Schaefer Elementary School?
Marie Schaefer Elementary School enrolls approximately 598 students in grades PK-05.
Is Marie Schaefer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marie Schaefer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marie Schaefer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marie Schaefer Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Marie Schaefer Elementary School?
Marie Schaefer Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 5% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Marie Schaefer Elementary School?
Marie Schaefer Elementary School is overseen by O Fallon CCSD 90 in St. Clair County.
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