Enrollment
109
Elementary
DISTRICT 237 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSONVILLE SD 117·NCES 172028002286
Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School
307 Masters St, Murrayville, IL 62668 · (217) 882-3121 · Morgan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL109 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
8.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
64 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Based on grade levels within Jacksonville SD 117. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
53.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.3pp since 2023
Math
37.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.4% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 21.7% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School
Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School this school | 109 | 58.7% | 46.5% |
| Saunemin Elementary School Saunemin | 102 | 59.8% | 40.7% |
| Davie Elementary School Anna | 122 | 61.5% | 45.0% |
| Deland-Weldon Elementary School Weldon | 100 | 58.0% | 45.8% |
| Mulberry Grove Elementary School Mulberry Grove | 135 | 57.0% | 35.0% |
| Braceville Elementary School Braceville | 130 | 60.8% | 23.7% |
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 Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #693 of 1,925 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,030 of 2,077 ▲ 80 | #3 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #889 of 2,077 ▼ 54 | #4 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 109 | #2,321 of 2,419 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #1,052 of 2,132 | #6 of 10 |
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
109
-31 (-22%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 222
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 | 109 | 12.7 | 8.6:1 | 59% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 12.3 | 8.2:1 | 45% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 13.2 | 9.5:1 | 47% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 140 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 11.5 | 14.4:1 | 62% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 164 | 14 | 11.7:1 | 71% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 151 | 8 | 18.9:1 | 42% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 171 | 12 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 222 | 12 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (166 to 109); teachers up 10% (11.5 to 12.7).
About Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School
Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School is one of the public schools in Murrayville, Illinois. It is a very small elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 109 students. It has 71% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Enrollment across the 9 schools in Jacksonville SD 117 totals 3,231 students.
Roughly 81% of students at Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School are White. The remaining students are 13% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School scores 33%.
The school's 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Income data for the school show 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Morgan County is similar, at 57%.
On the allk12 Grade, Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 66% of Illinois public elementary schools.
In Illinois, Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.5% actual against a predicted 37.6%.
Looking at the county, Morgan County, median household income comes to about $66,306, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 28, with about 4,446 students.
Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is South Jacksonville Elementary School, about 8.7 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School's average proficiency of 46.5% compares with 39.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School had a net loss of 31 students, or 22%.
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Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,021
Census ACS
Median income
$66,306
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
4,446 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jacksonville SD 117
- Jacksonville High SchoolHigh · 890 students
- Jacksonville Middle SchoolMiddle · 680 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- South Jacksonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- The Early YearsElementary · 247 students
Nearby schools
- South Jacksonville Elementary School8.7 mi · 311
- North Greene Elementary School9.6 mi · 468
- Jacksonville Middle School9.7 mi · 680
- Washington Elementary School10.1 mi · 264
- The Early Years10.5 mi · 247
- Eisenhower Elementary School10.6 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Murrayville-Woodson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School?
Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School enrolls approximately 109 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School serve?
Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School is approximately 8.6:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School?
At Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Two or more.
What district is Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School in?
Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School is part of Jacksonville SD 117.
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