Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003836
Sandburg Elementary School
2051 Wabash Ave, Springfield, IL 62704 · (217) 787-3112 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
138 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.4% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 29.2% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Sandburg Elementary School
Sandburg Elementary School's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandburg Elementary School this school | 279 | 49.5% | 42.5% |
| Illini Elementary School Fairview Heights | 315 | 48.9% | 34.1% |
| Fairview Elementary School Normal | 280 | 54.6% | 38.3% |
| Dawn Elser Elementary School O Fallon | 330 | 43.9% | 39.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Belleville | 272 | 57.7% | 51.1% |
| Stevenson Elementary School Bloomington | 299 | 55.5% | 31.5% |
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 Sandburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #839 of 1,925 | #13 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,119 of 2,077 ▼ 279 | #15 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #994 of 2,077 ▼ 458 | #14 of 34 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #1,662 of 2,419 | #23 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,784 of 2,035 | #28 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #335 of 2,042 | #8 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #1,315 of 2,132 | #22 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #554 of 615 | #10 of 10 |
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
279
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 364
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 | 279 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 49% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 47% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 18 | 15.6:1 | 45% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 16.4 | 16.8:1 | 56% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 41% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 48% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 238 | 15 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 16 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (275 to 279); teachers up 4% (16.4 to 17).
About Sandburg Elementary School
Sandburg Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Springfield SD 186 in Springfield, Illinois. The school's enrollment of 279 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
In Springfield SD 186, 31 schools enroll a combined 13,014 students.
Sandburg Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 42%. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. In Sangamon County overall, about 78% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Sandburg Elementary School employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Sandburg Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 49%. For comparison, public schools in Sangamon County average 48%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sandburg Elementary School would score about 43.0%. It scores 42.5%, within a point of that figure.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sangamon County show that the median household income is $75,357, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sandburg Elementary School is one of 77 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Benjamin Franklin Middle School, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 42.5% is above the 31.8% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Sandburg Elementary School declined 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 289 to 279 students.
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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
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other Sandburg Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sandburg Elementary. Sandburg Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Sandburg ElementarySan Diego, CA · 570 students
- Sandburg Elementary SchoolCENTENNIAL, CO · 495 students
- Sandburg ElementaryMadison, WI · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Franklin Middle School1.2 mi · 709
- Butler Elementary School1.7 mi · 367
- Lindsay School1.7 mi · 438
- Owen Marsh Elementary School1.7 mi · 324
- Black Hawk Elementary School1.9 mi · 234
- Early Learning Center2.0 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Sandburg Elementary SchoolHow large is Sandburg Elementary School?
Sandburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sandburg Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sandburg Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sandburg Elementary School have?
Sandburg Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Sandburg Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sandburg Elementary School are roughly 42% White, 3% Hispanic, 39% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Sandburg Elementary School in?
Sandburg Elementary School is part of Springfield SD 186.
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