Orangeville Elem School

Set in Orangeville, Illinois, Orangeville Elem School is a cozy primary school, part of Orangeville CUSD 203. It serves 155 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Orangeville Elem School sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Orangeville CUSD 203 (330 students total), Orangeville Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Orangeville Elem School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Stephenson County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Stephenson County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Orangeville Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Stephenson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,043 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stephenson County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,092 students), of which Orangeville Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Orangeville High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orangeville Elem School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 147 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.