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Enrollment
852
Elementary
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASCOUTAH CUD 19·NCES 172494003240
Scott Elementary School
4732 Patriots Dr, Scott Air Force Base, IL 62225 · (618) 746-4738 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL852 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.1:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
215 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 95 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Based on grade levels within Mascoutah CUD 19. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
77.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.1pp since 2023
Math
61.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 56.1% |
% 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Scott Elementary School
Scott Elementary School's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Elementary School this school | 852 | 25.2% | 68.5% |
| Lisle Elementary School Lisle | 777 | 27.7% | 64.2% |
| Robert Crown School Wauconda | 776 | 23.5% | 58.4% |
| Waters Elementary School Chicago | 702 | 22.9% | 64.8% |
| Grande Reserve Elementary School Yorkville | 728 | 22.4% | 49.4% |
| Bristol Bay Elementary School Yorkville | 695 | 29.5% | 53.5% |
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 Scott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #154 of 1,925 | #3 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #388 of 2,077 ▼ 175 | #7 of 43 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #190 of 2,077 ▲ 16 | #3 of 43 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 852 | #44 of 2,419 | #3 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,554 of 2,035 | #28 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #393 of 2,042 | #7 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #1,862 of 2,132 | #40 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #368 of 615 | #8 of 13 |
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
852
+170 (+25%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 790
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 | 852 | 56.4 | 15.1:1 | 25% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 53.8 | 14.9:1 | 26% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 48.1 | 15.7:1 | 26% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 797 | 44.5 | 17.9:1 | 25% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 39 | 18.4:1 | 28% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 29% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 790 | 50 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scott Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (797 to 852); teachers up 27% (44.5 to 56.4).
About Scott Elementary School
Scott Elementary School is an elementary school in Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, according to federal school records. Its 852 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 124% above the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Mascoutah CUD 19 enrolls 4,345 students in 5 schools, including Scott Elementary School.
At Scott Elementary School, White students make up 53% of the student body. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 9% Black, and 2% Asian. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Scott Elementary School employs 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.1:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Scott Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 25%. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Scott Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.0% for Scott Elementary School. The school posts 68.5%, 11.5 points above the prediction.
Census estimates describe St. Clair County this way: the median household income is $73,854, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, St. Clair County has 96 public schools and roughly 40,879 students.
The nearest other public school, Shiloh Elementary School, is about 2.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Scott Elementary School places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Scott Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 682 in 2020-21 to 852 in 2024-25.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mascoutah CUD 19
- Mascoutah High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Mascoutah Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Mascoutah Elementary SchoolElementary · 853 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other Scott Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named Scott Elementary. Scott Elementary School is the largest of the 11.
- Scott Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 435 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolMelrose Park, IL · 385 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolMCKINNEY, TX · 587 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolGREELEY, CO · 566 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 493 students
Nearby schools
- Shiloh Elementary School2.1 mi · 245
- Wingate Elementary School2.4 mi · 424
- Shiloh Middle School2.5 mi · 331
- Whiteside Middle School3.3 mi · 475
- Laverna Evans Elementary School3.5 mi · 421
- Belleville High School-East3.8 mi · 2,600
Frequently asked questions
About Scott Elementary SchoolHow large is Scott Elementary School?
Scott Elementary School enrolls approximately 852 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Scott Elementary School serve?
Scott Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Scott Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Scott Elementary School.
How diverse is Scott Elementary School?
Scott Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Scott Elementary School?
Scott Elementary School is overseen by Mascoutah CUD 19 in St. Clair County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.