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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE COUNTY CUD 20·NCES 172215004560
Parkside Elementary School
1900 Cedar St, Lawrenceville, IL 62439 · (618) 943-3922 · Lawrence County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- B+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
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
372 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Lawrence County CUD 20. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
47.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.2pp since 2023
Math
33.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 33.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 15.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Parkside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Elementary School this school | 528 | 70.5% | 37.5% |
| Benton Grade School K-4 Benton | 571 | 67.3% | 35.2% |
| Ben-Gil Elementary School Gillespie | 523 | 66.2% | 47.7% |
| Riddle Elementary School Mattoon | 589 | 71.1% | 35.5% |
| Bluffview Elementary School Dupo | 501 | 67.5% | 46.0% |
| North Side Primary Center Herrin | 433 | 70.2% | N/A |
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 Parkside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,001 of 1,925 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #1,157 of 2,077 ▲ 206 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,073 of 2,077 ▲ 351 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #441 of 2,419 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,022 of 2,035 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.7% | #1,714 of 2,042 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #732 of 2,132 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #482 of 1,461 |
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
528
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 583
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 | 528 | 39.5 | 13.4:1 | 70% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 41.5 | 12.7:1 | 71% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 40.8 | 12.6:1 | 66% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 53% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 54% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 31 | 18.8:1 | 52% (301) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (653 to 528); teachers down 6% (42 to 39.5).
About Parkside Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Lawrenceville, Illinois. The school has 528 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Lawrence County CUD 20 has 1,061 students in 3 schools, and Parkside Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at Parkside Elementary School. Other reported shares: 5% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
Teacher count: 39.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.4:1. It is about the same as the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 70% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Parkside Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.8% for Parkside Elementary School. The school posts 37.5%, 6.7 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Lawrence County, the median household earns about $55,324 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Parkside Elementary School, Lawrence County has 6 public schools.
The closest school to Parkside Elementary School is Parkview Jr High School, located about 0.2 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 35.0% on proficiency, and Parkside Elementary School is above that at 37.5%.
For locale, NCES codes Parkside Elementary School as Town: Remote.
The school shrank from 569 students in 2020-21 to 528 in 2024-25.
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,031
Census ACS
Median income
$55,324
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence County CUD 20
- Lawrenceville High SchoolHigh · 298 students
- Parkview Jr High SchoolMiddle · 235 students
Other schools in Lawrenceville
- Lawrenceville High SchoolHigh · 298 students
- Parkview Jr High SchoolMiddle · 235 students
Other Parkside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkside Elementary. Parkside Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 27.
- Parkside Elementary SchoolNormal, IL · 322 students
- Parkside ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 946 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 807 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 733 students
- Parkside ElementaryMorrisville, NC · 730 students
Nearby schools
- Parkview Jr High School0.2 mi · 235
- Lawrenceville High School0.4 mi · 298
- Red Hill Jr/Sr High School3.4 mi · 396
- Bridgeport Grade School3.6 mi · 314
- Sumner Attendance Center9.1 mi · 193
- Francis Vigo Elementary School10.0 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Parkside Elementary SchoolHow large is Parkside Elementary School?
Parkside Elementary School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Parkside Elementary School serve?
Parkside Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Parkside Elementary School have?
Parkside Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Parkside Elementary School?
Parkside Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Parkside Elementary School in?
Parkside Elementary School is part of Lawrence County CUD 20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.