Robertson Charter School

Robertson Charter School is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Decatur, Illinois, part of Decatur SD 61, works with 327 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Decatur SD 61 runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,840 students. Robertson Charter School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Robertson Charter School records that nearly all students (89%) are Black. Other groups include 8% multiracial. By comparison, Macon County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Robertson Charter School lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 29.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Robertson Charter School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.6%; this one comes in at 17.3%, -17.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Macon County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,666 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Macon County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students), of which Robertson Charter School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hope Academy, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robertson Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Robertson Charter School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 11.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Robertson Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robertson Charter School has remained close to its prior level, going from 328 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 656.0:1 in 2018 to 29.7:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.