Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAWNEE CUSD 11·NCES 173093004789
Pawnee Grade School
810 4th St, Pawnee, IL 62558 · (217) 625-2231 · Sangamon County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
84 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 35% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Pawnee Grade School→Pawnee Jr/Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Pawnee CUSD 11. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
61.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
40.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +22.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 40.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 18.7% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Pawnee Grade School
Pawnee Grade School's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawnee Grade School this school | 325 | 25.8% | 49.8% |
| Liberty Elementary School Liberty | 336 | 28.3% | 49.1% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Elmwood | 314 | 26.1% | 57.9% |
| Okawville Grade School Okawville | 297 | 24.6% | 60.2% |
| Dieterich Elementary School Dieterich | 359 | 28.1% | 69.1% |
| Tremont Elementary School Tremont | 304 | 24.7% | 56.6% |
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 Pawnee Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #601 of 1,925 | #12 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #947 of 2,077 ▲ 293 | #12 of 34 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #643 of 2,077 ▼ 149 | #10 of 34 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,396 of 2,419 | #18 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #213 of 2,035 | #3 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #1,911 of 2,042 | #31 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #1,853 of 2,132 | #30 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #1,358 of 1,461 | #22 of 23 |
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
325
+14 (+5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 374
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 | 325 | 30.7 | 10.6:1 | 26% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 30 | 10.1:1 | 30% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 33 | 9.4:1 | 37% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 29% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 29% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 32% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 27 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pawnee Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (332 to 325); teachers up 6% (29 to 30.7).
About Pawnee Grade School
Pawnee Grade School is a mid-sized elementary school in Pawnee CUSD 11, located in Pawnee, Illinois. It enrolls 325 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6.
Pawnee Grade School belongs to Pawnee CUSD 11, a district of 2 schools and 572 students.
Of every 100 students at Pawnee Grade School, about 95 are White. The remaining students are 2% multiracial. Census figures show Sangamon County is about 78% White. The diversity index for Pawnee Grade School is 9%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 30.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. Roughly 26% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 48% for public schools in Sangamon County.
Pawnee Grade School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 44% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Pawnee Grade School is 6.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.8% actual, 56.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
For the population of Sangamon County, the median household earns about $75,357 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Sangamon County, 77 public schools serve about 27,345 students.
Pawnee Grade School's nearest public school is Pawnee Jr/Sr High School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Pawnee Grade School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pawnee Grade School is 6th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The school's student count rose 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Pawnee Jr/Sr High School0.0 mi · 247
- Auburn Jr High at Divernon4.5 mi · 236
- Ball Elementary School6.0 mi · 552
- Glenwood Intermediate School7.0 mi · 672
- Glenwood Middle School7.1 mi · 735
- South Fork Elementary School8.6 mi · 150
Frequently asked questions
About Pawnee Grade SchoolHow large is Pawnee Grade School?
Pawnee Grade School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Pawnee Grade School serve?
Pawnee Grade School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Pawnee Grade School have?
Pawnee Grade School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Pawnee Grade School?
Student demographics at Pawnee Grade School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Pawnee Grade School in?
Pawnee Grade School is part of Pawnee CUSD 11.
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