Northside Elem School

Northside Elem School is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Geneseo, Illinois, part of Geneseo CUSD 228, with 334 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Geneseo CUSD 228 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,422 students; Northside Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Northside Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Henry County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at Northside Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northside Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 51.8%, a residual of +1.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Henry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,911 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Northside Elem School is one of 28 public schools in Henry County (combined enrollment of about 7,723 students).

Geneseo High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northside Elem School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northside Elem School has shrank 6%, going from 356 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 1% to 7%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.