Enrollment
137
Elementary
DISTRICT 198 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEWANEE CUSD 229·NCES 172100002954
Neponset Grade School
201 W Main St, Neponset, IL 61345 · (309) 594-2306 · Bureau County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL137 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
100 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 15 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 8 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 10% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Neponset Grade School→Kewanee High School
Based on grade levels within Kewanee CUSD 229. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
72.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.3pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 | 72.3% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 45.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+38.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 39 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Neponset Grade School
Neponset Grade School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neponset Grade School this school | 137 | 73.0% | 68.0% |
| Willow Grove Elementary School Centralia | 127 | 76.4% | 40.4% |
| Tampico Elementary School Tampico | 156 | 70.5% | 51.3% |
| Wanda Kendall Elementary School Watseka | 122 | 77.9% | N/A |
| Bethel Grade School Mount Vernon | 154 | 76.6% | 39.1% |
| North Jacksonville School Jacksonville | 135 | 70.4% | 37.5% |
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 Neponset Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Bureau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #158 of 1,925 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #373 of 2,077 ▲ 38 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #292 of 2,077 ▼ 34 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 137 | #2,252 of 2,419 | #8 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #669 of 2,132 | #2 of 9 |
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
137
+8 (+6%) vs 2020
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 | 137 | 12.8 | 10.7:1 | 73% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 135 | 12.9 | 10.4:1 | 81% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 11.9 | 11.6:1 | 83% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 129 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 123 | 9.7 | 12.6:1 | 66% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 106 | 11 | 9.6:1 | 67% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neponset Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (123 to 137); teachers up 31% (9.7 to 12.8).
About Neponset Grade School
Federal records list Neponset Grade School as an elementary school in Neponset, Illinois. It reports enrollment of 137 students in pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 64% below the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Neponset Grade School is part of Kewanee CUSD 229, where 7 schools serve 1,963 students.
The share of White students at Neponset Grade School is 77%, a majority. The school is also 15% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 88% White share among all Bureau County residents. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Neponset Grade School are from different groups.
The school has 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 3.2 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Neponset Grade School, 73% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 53% average among public schools in Bureau County.
Neponset Grade School outperforms its prediction by 38.6 points. The model expects 29.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois; the school's rate is 68.0%.
In Bureau County, home to about 32,866 people, the median household earns about $69,257 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Bureau County number 22, with about 4,547 students.
Belle Alexander Elementary School is about 6.7 miles from Neponset Grade School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. The school's 68.0% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Neponset Grade School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% rise, from 129 to 137.
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Bureau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,866
Census ACS
Median income
$69,257
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
4,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kewanee CUSD 229
- Kewanee High SchoolHigh · 582 students
- Central Elementary SchoolMiddle · 353 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Belle Alexander Elementary SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Central Junior HighMiddle · 235 students
- Lyle SchoolElementary · 173 students
Nearby schools
- Belle Alexander Elementary School6.7 mi · 241
- Kewanee High School7.0 mi · 582
- Lyle School7.4 mi · 173
- Central Elementary School7.7 mi · 353
- Central Junior High7.7 mi · 235
- Irving Elementary School8.2 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About Neponset Grade SchoolHow many students attend Neponset Grade School?
Neponset Grade School enrolls approximately 137 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Neponset Grade School serve?
Neponset Grade School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Neponset Grade School have?
Neponset Grade School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Neponset Grade School?
Student demographics at Neponset Grade School are roughly 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Neponset Grade School public or private?
Neponset Grade School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kewanee CUSD 229.
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