Enrollment
218
Elementary
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANTOUL CITY SD 137·NCES 173321003443
Northview Elementary School
400 N Sheldon St, Rantoul, IL 61866 · (217) 893-5403 · Champaign County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
186 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 41 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Northview Elementary School→J W Eater Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Rantoul City SD 137. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.4pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.9% | 6.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Northview Elementary School
Northview Elementary School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northview Elementary School this school | 218 | 85.3% | 19.8% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Rock Island | 262 | 84.7% | 13.8% |
| J L Buford Intermediate Ed Center Mount Vernon | 260 | 85.0% | 25.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Jacksonville | 246 | 86.2% | 32.2% |
| Broadmeadow Elementary School Rantoul | 231 | 93.9% | 11.8% |
| Ridgewood Elementary School Rock Island | 260 | 87.3% | 30.8% |
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 Northview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #1,615 of 1,925 | #20 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #1,906 of 2,077 ▼ 124 | #23 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #1,735 of 2,077 ▲ 68 | #19 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #1,985 of 2,419 | #31 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #177 of 2,035 | #3 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #23 of 2,042 | #1 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #395 of 2,132 | #5 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.5% | #76 of 1,461 | #1 of 19 |
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
218
-46 (-17%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 456
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 | 218 | 21 | 10.4:1 | 85% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 22.8 | 10.6:1 | 85% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 20.2 | 12.4:1 | 84% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 28.2 | 12.4:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 100% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 19 | 12.5:1 | 85% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 26 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (349 to 218); teachers down 25% (28.2 to 21).
About Northview Elementary School
Northview Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Rantoul, Illinois. The school reports 218 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Northview Elementary School reports to Rantoul City SD 137, which has 6 schools and 1,656 students.
Northview Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 32%. Other students are 28% Black, 22% Hispanic, and 17% multiracial. By comparison, Champaign County residents are about 64% White. The school's diversity index is 75%, meaning two students picked at random have a 75% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 21 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.4:1. That is 3.5 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Northview Elementary School is 85%. For comparison, public schools in Champaign County average 53%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Northview Elementary School is 2.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 19.8% actual, 22.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
County data help place the school in context: in Champaign County, the median household income is $63,683, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Champaign County has 66 public schools and roughly 25,919 students.
Nearest public school: Rantoul Twp High School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Nearby schools average 16.3% on proficiency, and Northview Elementary School is above that at 19.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, Northview Elementary School is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment has fallen by 46 students since 2020-21, to 218.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Northview Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rantoul City SD 137
- J W Eater Jr High SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Pleasant Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Eastlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Broadmeadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 161 students
- Rise Academy at JW EaterMiddle
Other schools in Rantoul
- Rantoul Twp High SchoolHigh · 901 students
- J W Eater Jr High SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Pleasant Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Eastlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Broadmeadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 161 students
Other Northview Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Northview Elementary. Northview Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 12.
- Northview Elementary SchoolPeru, IL · 594 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolGas City, IN · 673 students
- NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 656 students
- Northview ElementaryBowie, MD · 587 students
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.JENNINGS, MO · 540 students
Nearby schools
- Rantoul Twp High School0.4 mi · 901
- Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 161
- J W Eater Jr High School0.6 mi · 477
- Eastlawn Elementary School0.8 mi · 276
- Broadmeadow Elementary School1.2 mi · 231
- Pleasant Acres Elementary School1.3 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Northview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northview Elementary School?
Northview Elementary School enrolls approximately 218 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Northview Elementary School serve?
Northview Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Northview Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Northview Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northview Elementary School?
At Northview Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 22% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Northview Elementary School?
Northview Elementary School is overseen by Rantoul City SD 137 in Champaign County.
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