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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAROA FORSYTH CUSD 2·NCES 172475004725
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School
641 E Shafer St, Forsyth, IL 62535 · (217) 877-2023 · Macon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- B-Beats 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
15.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
200 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 74 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
63.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.5pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 36.3% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Maroa-Forsyth Grade School
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maroa-Forsyth Grade School this school | 593 | 33.7% | 54.5% |
| May Whitney Elementary School Lake Zurich | 677 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| Seth Paine Elementary School Hawthorn Woods | 495 | 29.3% | 74.4% |
| Chatham Elementary School Chatham | 500 | 31.4% | 65.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Wheaton | 458 | 32.8% | 69.1% |
| J Leigh Elementary School Norridge | 612 | 41.7% | 61.5% |
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 Maroa-Forsyth Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Macon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #455 of 1,925 | #2 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #503 of 2,077 ▲ 120 | #3 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #544 of 2,077 ▼ 126 | #2 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #285 of 2,419 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,583 of 2,035 | #6 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #994 of 2,042 | #12 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.7% | #1,708 of 2,132 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.3% | #185 of 615 | #7 of 10 |
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
593
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
+186% since 1990-91, when it was 207
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 | 593 | 39.1 | 15.2:1 | 34% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 36.7 | 16.3:1 | 36% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 36.3 | 16.4:1 | 28% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 30.5 | 17.0:1 | 28% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 30 | 18.4:1 | 23% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 15% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 18 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 207 | 11 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maroa-Forsyth Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (519 to 593); teachers up 28% (30.5 to 39.1).
About Maroa-Forsyth Grade School
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School is a large elementary school for students in Forsyth, Illinois. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 593 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2 includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 1,212 students.
At Maroa-Forsyth Grade School, 72% of students are White. The school is also 10% Asian, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put Macon County at about 74% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School lists 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.2 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 34% of the student body. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Macon County, the school's rate is lower.
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 66% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.5% and a predicted 52.0%.
The school's county is Macon County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $62,666 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Maroa-Forsyth Grade School shares Macon County with 42 other public schools.
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School's nearest public school is Stephen Decatur Middle School (about 3.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Maroa-Forsyth Grade School is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 6%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Macon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,849
Census ACS
Median income
$62,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
14,702 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2
- Maroa-Forsyth Senior High SchoolHigh · 348 students
- Maroa-Forsyth Middle SchoolMiddle · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Stephen Decatur Middle School3.3 mi · 413
- Parsons Elementary School3.5 mi · 505
- Argenta-Oreana Elementary School3.7 mi · 445
- Pershing Early Learning Center4.4 mi · 416
- Franklin Grove Elementary School5.1 mi · 461
- Robertson Charter School5.3 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Maroa-Forsyth Grade SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Maroa-Forsyth Grade School?
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Maroa-Forsyth Grade School serve?
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maroa-Forsyth Grade School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maroa-Forsyth Grade School is approximately 15.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Maroa-Forsyth Grade School?
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School reports a student body of 72% White, 4% Hispanic, 7% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Maroa-Forsyth Grade School in?
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School is part of Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.