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How has Parkview Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA CUSD 4·NCES 171074005587
Parkview Elementary School
1 Veterans Pkwy, Columbia, IL 62236 · (618) 281-4997 · Monroe County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
62 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 56%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Columbia CUSD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
82.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +25.5pp since 2023
Math
84.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
427
+24 (+6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 18.8:1
% White
93%
was 94%
% Hispanic
4%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Parkview Elementary School
As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Columbia, Illinois, Parkview Elementary School works with 427 students from grades 2 through 4, overseen by Columbia CUSD 4.
Columbia CUSD 4 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,904 students. Parkview Elementary School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Parkview Elementary School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Parkview Elementary School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parkview Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.1%; Parkview Elementary School posts 77.3%, +14.2 points above that line.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household income runs about $102,880, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Monroe County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,006 students), of which Parkview Elementary School is one.
Columbia High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parkview Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkview Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 55.1%.
Parkview Elementary School operates from a residential location.
Five-year trend. Parkview Elementary School's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 403 (now 427). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,036
Census ACS
Median income
$102,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia CUSD 4
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 612 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Eagleview Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Other schools in Columbia
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 612 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Eagleview Elementary SchoolElementary · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia High School0.3 mi · 606
- Columbia Middle School0.4 mi · 612
- Eagleview Elementary School0.9 mi · 259
- Dupo High School4.4 mi · 259
- Dupo Jr High School4.4 mi · 124
- Bluffview Elem School4.4 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Parkview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parkview Elementary School?
Parkview Elementary School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 02-04.
What grades does Parkview Elementary School serve?
Parkview Elementary School serves grades 02-04.
How many teachers does Parkview Elementary School have?
Parkview Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Parkview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Parkview Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Parkview Elementary School?
Parkview Elementary School is overseen by Columbia CUSD 4 in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.