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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ODIN PSD 722·NCES 170140403079

Odin Attendance Center K-8

102 S Merritt St, Odin, IL 62870 · (618) 740-4183 · Marion County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Illinois public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools

Enrollment
192
Elementary
DISTRICT 130 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
142 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K3820%
Kindergarten137%
Grade 12010%
Grade 21910%
Grade 32413%
Grade 4105%
Grade 5179%
Grade 62010%
Grade 72010%
Grade 8116%

This year's kindergarten class (13) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (11).

Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 69% · US 70%
White
17692%
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 45% · US 43%
Hispanic
11%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 29% · US 30%
Black
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Two+
147%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
9147%
Female
10153%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Odin Attendance Center K-8→Odin Attendance Center 9-12
Based on grade levels within Odin PSD 722. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)
English Language Arts
22.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 6 points.

IAR + ISA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2522.9%14.6%
2023-2416.3%8.7%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Odin Attendance Center K-8

Odin Attendance Center K-8's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Odin Attendance Center K-8 this school19274.0%21.6%
Willow Elementary School
Pekin
19275.0%37.0%
Sandoval Elementary School
Sandoval
22173.8%22.6%
Dirksen Elementary School
Pekin
16572.7%18.4%
Odell Grade School
Odell
15575.5%38.7%
Salt Fork South Elementary School
Sidell
15476.6%41.5%
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 Odin Attendance Center K-8 ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IllinoisIn Marion County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
21.6%#1,557 of 1,925#9 of 9
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
14.6%#1,745 of 2,077
▼ 65
#9 of 9
▼ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
22.9%#1,859 of 2,077
▼ 163
#9 of 9
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
192#2,067 of 2,419#9 of 12
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
74.0%#658 of 2,132#2 of 9
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 2024-25
Enrollment
192
+31 (+19%) vs 2020
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2519218.610.3:174% (142)
2023-2415916.99.4:192% (146)
2022-2317816.410.9:195% (169)
2020-21161N/AN/AN/A
2017-1819815.512.8:180% (158)
2015-162121415.1:172% (152)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Odin Attendance Center K-8.

Since 2017-18: students down 3% (198 to 192); teachers up 20% (15.5 to 18.6).

About Odin Attendance Center K-8

Odin Attendance Center K-8 is an elementary school in Odin, Illinois, and it is part of Odin PSD 722. School enrollment was 192 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.

Odin PSD 722 has 2 schools; together they serve 259 students.

About 92% of the student body at Odin Attendance Center K-8 is White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial. The White share in Marion County as a whole is similar, at about 90%. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at Odin Attendance Center K-8 total 18.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school counts 142 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 74%. Compared with the 64% average for public schools in Marion County, the school's rate is higher.

Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Odin Attendance Center K-8 receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Odin Attendance Center K-8 is 7.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 21.6% actual, 28.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.

In the county around the school, Marion County, the median household income is $61,240, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Marion County is home to 27 public schools and about 5,636 public school students.

The closest public school to Odin Attendance Center K-8 is Odin Attendance Center 9-12, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Odin Attendance Center K-8 ranks 7th on average proficiency.

The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.

2024-25 enrollment was 192, a 19% rise from 161 in 2020-21.

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Marion County at a glance

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Population
37,000
Census ACS
Median income
$61,240
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
5,636 students

Quick facts

School name
Odin Attendance Center K-8
District
Odin PSD 722
Address
102 S Merritt St, Odin, IL 62870
Phone
(618) 740-4183
County
Marion County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
192
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
10.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
142 (74%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
170140403079
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Odin Attendance Center K-8
How large is Odin Attendance Center K-8?
Odin Attendance Center K-8 enrolls approximately 192 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Odin Attendance Center K-8 serve?
Odin Attendance Center K-8 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Odin Attendance Center K-8?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Odin Attendance Center K-8.
What is the student diversity at Odin Attendance Center K-8?
Student demographics at Odin Attendance Center K-8 are roughly 92% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Odin Attendance Center K-8 public or private?
Odin Attendance Center K-8 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Odin PSD 722.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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