Enrollment
170
Elementary
DISTRICT 152 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKAW VALLEY CUSD 302·NCES 170022304544
Okaw Valley Elementary School
319 N Washington St, Bethany, IL 61914 · (217) 665-3541 · Moultrie County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL170 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- DBeats 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
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
94 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 32 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 36% smaller than its 4th grade class (36).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
Based on grade levels within Okaw Valley CUSD 302. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
23.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Okaw Valley Elementary School
Okaw Valley Elementary School's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okaw Valley Elementary School this school | 170 | 55.3% | 24.4% |
| West Salem Grade School West Salem | 171 | 53.8% | 58.4% |
| Warren Elementary School Warren | 172 | 55.2% | 74.8% |
| Jefferson Attendance Center Carmi | 158 | 55.7% | 74.6% |
| South Pekin Elementary School South Pekin | 180 | 53.9% | 20.7% |
| Lowpoint-Washburn Elementary School Washburn | 157 | 56.1% | 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 Okaw Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #1,461 of 1,925 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #1,503 of 2,077 ▲ 174 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #1,618 of 2,077 ▼ 172 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 170 | #2,147 of 2,419 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #1,155 of 2,132 |
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
170
-19 (-10%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 153
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 | 170 | 15.9 | 10.7:1 | 55% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 169 | 16.7 | 10.1:1 | 62% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 175 | 16.1 | 10.9:1 | 55% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 15.7 | 12.2:1 | 46% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 16 | 11.7:1 | 35% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 153 | 13 | 11.8:1 | 39% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Okaw Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (191 to 170); teachers up 1% (15.7 to 15.9).
About Okaw Valley Elementary School
Okaw Valley Elementary School, a small elementary school, is located in Bethany, Illinois. It is open to students in pre-K through 4 and enrolls 170 students. That is 55% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Okaw Valley Elementary School is among 3 schools run by Okaw Valley CUSD 302, which serves 456 students.
By race and ethnicity, Okaw Valley Elementary School is 98% White. In Moultrie County overall, the White share is about 95%. A diversity index of 5% means there is a 5% chance two randomly chosen students at Okaw Valley Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Okaw Valley Elementary School, there are about 10.7 students; the school has 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. There are 94 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 55% of enrollment.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Okaw Valley Elementary School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Okaw Valley Elementary School is 39.6%. It actually posts 24.4%, which is 15.2 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
In Moultrie County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $71,784, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 6 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,628, Okaw Valley Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Okaw Valley High School, is about 0.5 miles. There are 6 other public schools within ten miles. By average proficiency, Okaw Valley Elementary School is 9th among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns Okaw Valley Elementary School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 189 in 2020-21 to 170 in 2024-25.
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Moultrie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,424
Census ACS
Median income
$71,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,628 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Okaw Valley CUSD 302
- Okaw Valley High SchoolHigh · 162 students
- Okaw Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 124 students
Nearby schools
- Okaw Valley High School0.5 mi · 162
- Sullivan Elementary School7.4 mi · 565
- Lovington Grade School7.4 mi · 148
- Sullivan High School7.5 mi · 317
- Sullivan Middle School7.5 mi · 266
- Okaw Valley Middle School8.8 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Okaw Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Okaw Valley Elementary School?
Okaw Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 170 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Okaw Valley Elementary School serve?
Okaw Valley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Okaw Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Okaw Valley Elementary School is approximately 10.7:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Okaw Valley Elementary School?
At Okaw Valley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Okaw Valley Elementary School public or private?
Okaw Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Okaw Valley CUSD 302.
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