Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAYLORVILLE CUSD 3·NCES 173870003934
Memorial Elementary School
101 E Adams St, Taylorville, IL 62568 · (217) 287-7929 · Christian County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
178 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 154 | 52% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 48% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Taylorville CUSD 3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
30.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 30.7% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 22.2% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Elementary School this school | 297 | 59.9% | 32.5% |
| Eastview Elementary School Canton | 288 | 61.1% | 38.2% |
| Bridgeport Grade School Bridgeport | 314 | 62.7% | 41.4% |
| Central City Elementary School Centralia | 276 | 58.3% | 45.1% |
| Villa Grove Elementary School Villa Grove | 310 | 56.5% | 49.2% |
| Carrollton Grade School Carrollton | 269 | 62.5% | 29.6% |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Christian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,176 of 1,925 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #1,259 of 2,077 ▼ 160 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #1,340 of 2,077 ▲ 32 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #1,554 of 2,419 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,903 of 2,035 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #1,590 of 2,042 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #1,017 of 2,132 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #873 of 1,461 | N/A |
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
297
+14 (+5%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 264
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 | 297 | 16.8 | 17.7:1 | 60% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 17.9 | 14.6:1 | 62% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 17.4 | 15.0:1 | 59% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 19 | 17.6:1 | 60% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 18 | 18.4:1 | 64% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 70% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 16 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 13 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (334 to 297); teachers down 12% (19 to 16.8).
About Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Taylorville, Illinois. The school serves grades 3 through 4. Enrollment is 297 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Memorial Elementary School is one school in a 4-school district, Taylorville CUSD 3, which enrolls 2,172 students.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at Memorial Elementary School. Other reported shares: 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. That is in line with Christian County, where about 92% of residents are White. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at Memorial Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 60% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Christian County is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Memorial Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 29% of Illinois public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Memorial Elementary School is 36.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.5%.
The school's county is Christian County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $62,611, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,740, Memorial Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Taylorville Jr High School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Memorial Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Memorial Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 283 to 297, a 5% increase.
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Christian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,538
Census ACS
Median income
$62,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
4,740 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Taylorville CUSD 3
- Taylorville Sr High SchoolHigh · 739 students
- Taylorville Jr High SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Taylorville
- Taylorville Sr High SchoolHigh · 739 students
- Taylorville Jr High SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
Other Memorial Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 10 states are named Memorial Elementary. Memorial Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 22.
- Memorial Elementary SchoolParis, IL · 293 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolTinley Park, IL · 291 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolWESLACO, TX · 1,109 students
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARCADIA, FL · 861 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMcMinnville, OR · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Taylorville Jr High School0.7 mi · 614
- North Elementary School0.8 mi · 522
- Taylorville Sr High School1.2 mi · 739
- South Fork Jr Sr High School6.9 mi · 134
- South Fork Elementary School7.1 mi · 150
- Edinburg Elementary School9.3 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolHow large is Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 297 students in grades 03-04.
Is Memorial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Memorial Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Memorial Elementary School is approximately 17.7:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Elementary School?
At Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School is overseen by Taylorville CUSD 3 in Christian County.
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