Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 184 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINCOLN ESD 27·NCES 172298002540
Northwest Elementary School
506 11th St, Lincoln, IL 62656 · (217) 732-6819 · Logan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
203 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Northwest Elementary School→Lincoln Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Lincoln ESD 27. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
54.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 30.3% |
% 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% 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 18 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 Northwest Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Elementary School this school | 271 | 74.9% | 46.2% |
| LaSalle Elementary School Creve Coeur | 262 | 78.6% | 30.5% |
| The Early Years Jacksonville | 247 | 74.5% | N/A |
| C B Smith Elementary School Pekin | 264 | 75.4% | 28.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Pekin | 290 | 73.4% | 27.3% |
| Lewis-Clark Elementary School Wood River | 236 | 80.1% | 33.7% |
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 Northwest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Logan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #701 of 1,925 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #813 of 2,077 ▼ 19 | #5 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #862 of 2,077 ▼ 274 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #1,707 of 2,419 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,138 of 2,035 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #1,056 of 2,042 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #631 of 2,132 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #593 of 615 | N/A |
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
271
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 298
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 | 271 | 19.8 | 13.7:1 | 75% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 19.7 | 14.7:1 | 84% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 20.9 | 13.1:1 | 82% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 18.9 | 14.3:1 | 63% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 182 | 12 | 15.2:1 | 54% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 180 | 11 | 16.4:1 | 64% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 215 | 16 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 14 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (269 to 271); teachers up 5% (18.9 to 19.8).
About Northwest Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Lincoln, Illinois. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 271 students. That is 29% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Northwest Elementary School is one school in a 5-school district, Lincoln ESD 27, which enrolls 1,056 students.
At Northwest Elementary School, 72% of students are White. The remaining students are 17% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Census figures show Logan County is about 87% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northwest Elementary School scores 44%.
Staffing at Northwest Elementary School comes to 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7:1. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Northwest Elementary School counts 75% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 51% average for public schools in Logan County.
Northwest Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 46.2%. Predicted: 28.3%. Difference: 17.9 points.
In Logan County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $66,358 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Northwest Elementary School, Logan County has 15 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Central Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. Northwest Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Northwest Elementary School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment increased 4% over 4 years, reaching 271 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Northwest Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Logan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,713
Census ACS
Median income
$66,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,448 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lincoln ESD 27
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 321 students
- Washington-Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 183 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 57 students
Other schools in Lincoln
- Lincoln Comm High SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Lincoln Jr High SchoolMiddle · 321 students
- Chester-East Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Washington-Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
- West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 183 students
Other Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. Northwest Elementary School is the 28th largest of the 29.
- Northwest Elementary SchoolLa Salle, IL · 650 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 758 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 658 students
- Northwest ElementaryLexington, NC · 625 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary School0.5 mi · 183
- Lincoln Jr High School0.6 mi · 321
- Adams Elementary School1.0 mi · 57
- Washington-Monroe Elementary School1.1 mi · 224
- West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary School1.5 mi · 217
- Lincoln Comm High School1.6 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Elementary SchoolHow large is Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School enrolls approximately 271 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Northwest Elementary School serve?
Northwest Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Northwest Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Northwest Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwest Elementary School?
At Northwest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School is overseen by Lincoln ESD 27 in Logan County.
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