Millikin Elem School

Set in Geneseo, Illinois, Millikin Elem School is a mid-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Geneseo CUSD 228. It educates 364 students across grades K through 5.

Geneseo CUSD 228 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,422 students. Millikin Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Millikin Elem School records that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Henry County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Millikin Elem School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Henry County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Millikin Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.2%, the actual is 49.3%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Henry County indicate median household income runs about $71,911, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Millikin Elem School is one of 28 public schools in Henry County (combined enrollment of about 7,723 students).

Southwest Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Millikin Elem School. On composite proficiency, Millikin Elem School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

Millikin Elem School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Millikin Elem School's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 410 (now 364). The White share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Millikin Elem School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.