New Berlin Elementary School

New Berlin Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary campus in New Berlin, Illinois, operated by New Berlin CUSD 16, hosts 452 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 3 schools in New Berlin CUSD 16 (863 students total), New Berlin Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, New Berlin Elementary School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, New Berlin Elementary School records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Sangamon County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Berlin Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.1%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +2.7 points.

Around the school, Sangamon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,357 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Sangamon County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), of which New Berlin Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: New Berlin Jr High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around New Berlin Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Berlin Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

New Berlin Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.