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What's something Mitchell Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE CITY CUSD 9·NCES 171728002036
Mitchell Elementary School
316 E Chain of Rocks Rd, Granite City, IL 62040 · (618) 931-0057 · Madison County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- 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
14.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
291 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 56%
Community
4
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 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 3 | 207 | 50% |
| Grade 4 | 204 | 49% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
26.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
21.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.9% | 12.6% |
% 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Mitchell Elementary School
Mitchell Elementary School's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Elementary School this school | 413 | 70.5% | 21.5% |
| Silas Willard Elementary School Galesburg | 425 | 72.5% | 36.7% |
| George O Barr School Silvis | 405 | 67.2% | 30.2% |
| Maryville Elementary School Granite City | 395 | 74.7% | N/A |
| Kimes Elementary School Streator | 415 | 70.6% | N/A |
| Frohardt Elementary School Granite City | 452 | 73.9% | 20.3% |
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 Mitchell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,559 of 1,925 | #25 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,552 of 2,077 ▼ 44 | #23 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #1,764 of 2,077 ▼ 47 | #25 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #941 of 2,419 | #14 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,476 of 2,035 | #19 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #536 of 2,042 | #13 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #730 of 2,132 | #9 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #592 of 615 | #8 of 8 |
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
413
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 563
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 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 70% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 63% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 27.4 | 13.8:1 | 69% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 60% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 60% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 23 | 19.8:1 | 58% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 24 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 20 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (410 to 413); teachers up 12% (25 to 28).
About Mitchell Elementary School
Mitchell Elementary School serves students in Granite City, Illinois, as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from 3 through 4, and the school has 413 students.
Granite City CUSD 9 counts 8 schools and 5,747 students, including Mitchell Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Mitchell Elementary School, at 57%. Next come 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 83% White among all Madison County residents. Mitchell Elementary School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.8:1, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 0.8 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 70%. The average for public schools in Madison County is 46%.
Mitchell Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mitchell Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 21.5% actual against 30.8% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Madison County, the median household income is $75,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Mitchell Elementary School is one of 84 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Maryville Elementary School, is about 1.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 22.5%; Mitchell Elementary School's is 21.5%, ranking 3rd of 6.
Mitchell Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 7% from its 2020-21 level of 387.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mitchell Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
264,238
Census ACS
Median income
$75,793
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
35,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite City CUSD 9
- Granite City High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
- Coolidge Junior High SchoolMiddle · 854 students
- Grigsby Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Prather Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Frohardt Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
Other schools in Granite City
- Granite City High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
- Coolidge Junior High SchoolMiddle · 854 students
- Grigsby Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Prather Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Frohardt Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
Other Mitchell Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 17 states are named Mitchell Elementary. Mitchell Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 23.
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 446 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolBridgewater, MA · 931 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 787 students
- MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 698 students
- Mitchell ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Maryville Elementary School1.7 mi · 395
- Grigsby Intermediate School2.1 mi · 818
- Frohardt Elementary School3.0 mi · 452
- Coolidge Junior High School3.4 mi · 854
- Wilson Elementary School3.4 mi · 448
- Granite City High School3.6 mi · 1,755
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchell Elementary SchoolHow large is Mitchell Elementary School?
Mitchell Elementary School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does Mitchell Elementary School serve?
Mitchell Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Mitchell Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Mitchell Elementary School.
How diverse is Mitchell Elementary School?
Mitchell Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Mitchell Elementary School public or private?
Mitchell Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granite City CUSD 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.