Owen Marsh Elem School

Owen Marsh Elem School, a moderately sized K-5 school in Springfield, Illinois, one of the schools within Springfield SD 186, hosts 324 students, covering grades K through 5.

Springfield SD 186 runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 13,014 students. Owen Marsh Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Owen Marsh Elem School reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 27% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Owen Marsh Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sangamon County put median household earnings sit near $75,357, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Owen Marsh Elem School is one of 77 public schools in Sangamon County (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students).

U S Grant Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Owen Marsh Elem School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Owen Marsh Elem School's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 324). Class-load math has rose: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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