Enrollment
56
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCCLELLAN CCSD 12·NCES 172526002753
McClellan Elementary School
9475 N IL Highway 148, Mount Vernon, IL 62864 · (618) 244-8072 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL56 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
8.4:1
7 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
25 students
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 | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 3 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 4 | 7% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
40.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.3pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
IL avg 37.9% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.5% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.2% | 24.1% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% 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 McClellan Elementary School
McClellan Elementary School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McClellan Elementary School this school | 56 | 44.6% | 23.8% |
| Spring Lake Elementary School Manito | 55 | 38.2% | 61.3% |
| Central Early Childhood Golden | 75 | 40.0% | N/A |
| Franklin East Grade School Franklin | 80 | 42.5% | N/A |
| Bluffs Elementary School Bluffs | 81 | 49.4% | 48.2% |
| Lostant Elementary School Lostant | 63 | 34.9% | 47.5% |
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 McClellan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 56 | #2,398 of 2,419 | #14 of 15 |
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
56
+10 (+22%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 98
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 | 56 | 6.7 | 8.4:1 | 45% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 45 | 5.5 | 8.2:1 | 44% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 54 | 7.3 | 7.5:1 | 35% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 46 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 56 | 6.5 | 8.6:1 | 57% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 67 | 6 | 11.2:1 | 64% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 57 | 5 | 11.4:1 | 49% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 86 | 6 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 98 | 5 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McClellan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (56 to 56); teachers up 3% (6.5 to 6.7).
About McClellan Elementary School
McClellan Elementary School runs as a very small elementary school in Mount Vernon, Illinois. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 56 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 85% lower.
McClellan Elementary School reports to McClellan CCSD 12.
Of every 100 students at McClellan Elementary School, about 98 are White. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 84% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 4, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 6.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 8.4:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Roughly 45% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 15 points.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, McClellan Elementary School outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 23.8%, is 22.0 points below the 45.7% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Jefferson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $63,118 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Jefferson County number 31, with about 5,314 students.
McClellan Elementary School is about 1.7 miles from Mount Vernon High School, its nearest public school. McClellan Elementary School has 7 other public schools within five miles. McClellan Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 23.8% against a local average of 32.8%.
McClellan Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, McClellan Elementary School enrolled 46 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 56.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,550
Census ACS
Median income
$63,118
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
5,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Dr Nick Osborne Primary CenterElementary · 562 students
- Zadok Casey Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
- Summersville Grade SchoolElementary · 283 students
- J L Buford Intermediate Ed CenterElementary · 260 students
- Dr Andy Hall Early Educ CenterElementary · 243 students
Other McClellan Elementary schools
One other US public school is named McClellan Elementary. McClellan Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- McClellan Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Vernon High School1.7 mi · 1,233
- Bethel Grade School2.5 mi · 154
- J L Buford Intermediate Ed Center3.3 mi · 260
- Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center4.0 mi · 562
- Zadok Casey Middle School4.1 mi · 380
- Spring Garden Elementary School4.3 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About McClellan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McClellan Elementary School?
McClellan Elementary School enrolls approximately 56 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does McClellan Elementary School serve?
McClellan Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at McClellan Elementary School?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at McClellan Elementary School.
How diverse is McClellan Elementary School?
McClellan Elementary School reports a student body of 98% White, 2% Black.
What district is McClellan Elementary School in?
McClellan Elementary School is part of McClellan CCSD 12.
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