Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SESSER-VALIER CUSD 196·NCES 173594004830
Sesser-Valier Elementary School
4626 State Highway 154, Sesser, IL 62884 · (618) 625-5105 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
11.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
155 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 35 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Sesser-Valier CUSD 196. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
61.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.9pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.5pp 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 68 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 61.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Sesser-Valier Elementary School
Sesser-Valier Elementary School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sesser-Valier Elementary School this school | 252 | 61.5% | 59.5% |
| Brownstown Elementary School Brownstown | 264 | 61.4% | 33.3% |
| Carrollton Grade School Carrollton | 269 | 62.5% | 29.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Johnston City | 270 | 63.7% | N/A |
| Eastview Elementary School Canton | 288 | 61.1% | 38.2% |
| Western Barry Elementary School Barry | 225 | 61.8% | 39.2% |
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 Sesser-Valier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #331 of 1,925 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #263 of 2,077 ▼ 119 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #646 of 2,077 ▲ 214 | #3 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #1,811 of 2,419 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #469 of 2,035 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #1,653 of 2,042 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #957 of 2,132 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #486 of 1,461 | #1 of 7 |
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
252
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 420
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 | 252 | 21.4 | 11.8:1 | 62% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 25.1 | 10.6:1 | 61% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 20.2 | 14.0:1 | 59% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 18.2 | 17.1:1 | 57% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 43% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 48% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 22 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 24 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sesser-Valier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (311 to 252); teachers up 18% (18.2 to 21.4).
About Sesser-Valier Elementary School
Sesser-Valier Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Sesser, Illinois. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 252 students. It has 34% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Sesser-Valier Elementary School is one school in a 3-school district, Sesser-Valier CUSD 196, which enrolls 548 students.
The share of students at Sesser-Valier Elementary School who are White is 90%. Other groups include 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Sesser-Valier Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sesser-Valier Elementary School is 11.8:1, based on 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Sesser-Valier Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Illinois public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 36.0% for Sesser-Valier Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 59.5%. The 23.5-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
Census data for Franklin County show median household income comes to about $56,740, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 25 public schools and about 5,523 students.
Sesser-Valier High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Sesser-Valier Elementary School. Sesser-Valier Elementary School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 34.6% proficiency; Sesser-Valier Elementary School posts 59.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 258 in 2020-21 and 252 in 2024-25.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,323
Census ACS
Median income
$56,740
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
5,523 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sesser-Valier CUSD 196
- Sesser-Valier High SchoolHigh · 175 students
- Sesser-Valier Jr High SchoolMiddle · 121 students
Other schools in Sesser
- Sesser-Valier High SchoolHigh · 175 students
- Sesser-Valier Jr High SchoolMiddle · 121 students
- Communication Disorders / Autism Franklin CountyElementary
Nearby schools
- Sesser-Valier High School0.0 mi · 175
- Sesser-Valier Jr High School0.0 mi · 121
- Christopher High7.0 mi · 206
- Christopher Elementary School7.8 mi · 510
- Waltonville High School9.2 mi · 98
- Waltonville Grade School9.3 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Sesser-Valier Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sesser-Valier Elementary School?
Sesser-Valier Elementary School enrolls approximately 252 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sesser-Valier Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sesser-Valier Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sesser-Valier Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Sesser-Valier Elementary School.
How diverse is Sesser-Valier Elementary School?
Sesser-Valier Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sesser-Valier Elementary School in?
Sesser-Valier Elementary School is part of Sesser-Valier CUSD 196.
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