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.