Northview Elem School

Northview Elem School is one of the compact elementary campuss in Rantoul, Illinois, operated by Rantoul City SD 137, with 218 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Rantoul City SD 137 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,656 students. Northview Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Northview Elem School shows that 32% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 28% Black, 22% Hispanic, 17% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the resource side, Northview Elem School logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Northview Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Champaign County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Northview Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.2%, the actual is 19.8%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Champaign County) logs that median household earnings sit near $63,683, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northview Elem School is one of 66 public schools in Champaign County (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students).

Rantoul Twp High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northview Elem School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 16.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northview Elem School has decreased 38%, going from 349 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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