Northwestern Elem School

Northwestern Elem School, an intimate elementary campus in Palmyra, Illinois, operated by Northwestern CUSD 2, instructs 189 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 50% leaner than typical.

Northwestern CUSD 2 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 323 students. Northwestern Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Northwestern Elem School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder is composed of 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Macoupin County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at Northwestern Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northwestern Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 47.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Macoupin County) records that median household income runs about $70,805, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Macoupin County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,221 students), Northwestern Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northwestern Jr High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Northwestern Elem School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwestern Elem School has declined 10%, going from 209 students in 2018 to 189 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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