Enrollment
216
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003831
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School
1200 S Pope Ave, Springfield, IL 62703 · (217) 525-3245 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
180 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
7.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
4.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.4% | 4.3% |
| 2023-24 | 2.0% | 2.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 23% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Matheny-Withrow Elementary School
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School's state test result (4.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matheny-Withrow Elementary School this school | 216 | 83.3% | 4.9% |
| Feitshans Elementary School Springfield | 288 | 84.0% | 5.4% |
| Enos Elementary School Springfield | 245 | 78.0% | 22.4% |
| Jane Addams Elementary School Springfield | 243 | 81.9% | 25.9% |
| Blackhawk Primary Center Park Forest | 167 | 80.8% | 36.6% |
| Maplewood Elementary School Cahokia | 290 | 84.5% | N/A |
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 Matheny-Withrow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #1,920 of 1,925 | #34 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.3% | #2,045 of 2,077 ▼ 19 | #33 of 34 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.4% | #2,072 of 2,077 ▼ 1 | #34 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #1,997 of 2,419 | #31 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #146 of 2,035 | #2 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #978 of 2,042 | #20 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #437 of 2,132 | #3 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #731 of 1,461 | #11 of 23 |
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
216
+9 (+4%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 206
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 | 216 | 21.3 | 10.2:1 | 83% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 76% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 19.5 | 11.5:1 | 75% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 207 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 250 | 24.3 | 10.3:1 | 95% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 70% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 19 | 10.8:1 | 97% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 240 | 17 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 206 | 12 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Matheny-Withrow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (250 to 216); teachers down 12% (24.3 to 21.3).
About Matheny-Withrow Elementary School
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School is a small elementary school in Springfield, Illinois, under Springfield SD 186. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 216 students. Enrollment is 43% lower than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Springfield SD 186 has 31 schools and 13,014 students, and Matheny-Withrow Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 70% of students at Matheny-Withrow Elementary School are Black. Other groups make up 15% White, 12% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 13% of Sangamon County residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1 at Matheny-Withrow Elementary School, with 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 10.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 83% of enrollment. It compares with 48% for public schools in Sangamon County.
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 18.5 points. The model expects 23.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois; the school's rate is 4.9%.
Across Sangamon County, the median household income is $75,357, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Sangamon County has 77 public schools and roughly 27,345 students.
The closest other public school is Washington Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Matheny-Withrow Elementary School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Matheny-Withrow Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School's enrollment grew from 207 in 2020-21 to 216 in 2024-25.
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Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle School0.5 mi · 516
- Springfield Southeast High School0.7 mi · 1,229
- Springfield Ball Charter School0.7 mi · 394
- Feitshans Elementary School0.8 mi · 288
- Iles Elementary School0.8 mi · 414
- Lincoln Magnet School1.2 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Matheny-Withrow Elementary SchoolHow large is Matheny-Withrow Elementary School?
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School enrolls approximately 216 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Matheny-Withrow Elementary School serve?
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Matheny-Withrow Elementary School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Matheny-Withrow Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Matheny-Withrow Elementary School?
At Matheny-Withrow Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 3% Hispanic, 70% Black, 12% Two or more.
What district is Matheny-Withrow Elementary School in?
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School is part of Springfield SD 186.
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