Enrollment
195
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILLER TWP CCSD 210·NCES 172625002795
Milton Pope Elementary School
3197 E 28th Rd, Marseilles, IL 61341 · (815) 357-8151 · LaSalle County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
38 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 29% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
13%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
51.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.9pp since 2023
Math
43.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 27.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% 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 Milton Pope Elementary School
Milton Pope Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Pope Elementary School this school | 195 | 19.5% | 45.3% |
| New Athens Elementary School New Athens | 229 | 21.8% | 60.4% |
| Hudson Elementary School Hudson | 216 | 19.4% | 55.8% |
| Rochester Elementary 2-3 Rochester | 236 | 17.8% | 37.9% |
| West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School Lincoln | 217 | 22.6% | 55.7% |
| Landmark Elementary School McHenry | 189 | 23.3% | 60.5% |
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 Milton Pope Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In LaSalle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #728 of 1,925 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #871 of 2,077 ▲ 42 | #9 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #949 of 2,077 ▼ 135 | #9 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #2,057 of 2,419 | #17 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #1,964 of 2,132 | #19 of 19 |
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
195
+32 (+20%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 177
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 | 195 | 13 | 15.0:1 | 19% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 14 | 14.1:1 | 18% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 197 | 14 | 14.1:1 | 20% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 163 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 187 | 15 | 12.5:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | 19% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 14 | 16.5:1 | 21% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 202 | 13 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 177 | 11 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milton Pope Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (187 to 195); teachers down 13% (15 to 13).
About Milton Pope Elementary School
Located in Marseilles, Illinois, Milton Pope Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its enrollment is 195 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 49% below that mark.
Miller Twp CCSD 210 operates Milton Pope Elementary School.
Milton Pope Elementary School is 93% White by enrollment. Next come 6% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
Milton Pope Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1, with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 19% at Milton Pope Elementary School. For comparison, public schools in LaSalle County average 53%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Milton Pope Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Illinois. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.3%, against a prediction of 60.3%.
In the surrounding county, LaSalle County, the median household earns about $73,045 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Milton Pope Elementary School, LaSalle County has 54 public schools.
Seneca High School, about 5.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. On state test proficiency, Milton Pope Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment rose by 20% across 4 years, from 163 in 2020-21 to 195 in 2024-25.
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LaSalle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,714
Census ACS
Median income
$73,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
14,523 students
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- Nettle Creek Elementary School6.4 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About Milton Pope Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Milton Pope Elementary School?
Milton Pope Elementary School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades KG-08.
Is Milton Pope Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Milton Pope Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Milton Pope Elementary School have?
Milton Pope Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milton Pope Elementary School?
At Milton Pope Elementary School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Milton Pope Elementary School public or private?
Milton Pope Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Miller Twp CCSD 210.
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