Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 225 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAYSON CUSD 1·NCES 173099003225
Seymour Elementary School
404 W State St, Payson, IL 62360 · (217) 656-3323 · Adams County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
117 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 32 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 22% larger than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Seymour Elementary School→Seymour High School
Based on grade levels within Payson CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
46.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 22.4% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 Seymour Elementary School
Seymour Elementary School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour Elementary School this school | 233 | 50.2% | 37.4% |
| Selmaville Elementary School Salem | 223 | 48.9% | 28.8% |
| Cerro Gordo Elementary School Cerro Gordo | 246 | 49.2% | 43.8% |
| Shiloh Elementary School Hume | 247 | 52.2% | 30.6% |
| Ashton-Franklin Center Elementary School Franklin Grove | 218 | 51.4% | 39.2% |
| Waltonville Grade School Waltonville | 212 | 51.4% | 42.5% |
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 Seymour Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,006 of 1,925 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,244 of 2,077 ▼ 156 | #9 of 9 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,152 of 2,077 ▼ 180 | #5 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #1,912 of 2,419 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #251 of 2,035 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.3% | #1,744 of 2,042 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #1,295 of 2,132 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #280 of 1,461 | N/A |
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
233
-32 (-12%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 456
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 | 233 | 21.5 | 10.8:1 | 50% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 22.5 | 11.1:1 | 52% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 22.5 | 12.0:1 | 51% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 53% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 51% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 39% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 23 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seymour Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (311 to 233); teachers up 2% (21 to 21.5).
About Seymour Elementary School
As a small elementary school, Seymour Elementary School serves students in Payson, Illinois. The school reports 233 students in pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 39% smaller than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Payson CUSD 1 has 2 schools and 449 students, and Seymour Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Seymour Elementary School is 92% White. Other students are 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 91% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.8 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 50%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.5% for Seymour Elementary School. The school posts 37.4%, 5.2 points below the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Adams County, the median household income is $66,220, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Adams County has 23 public schools and roughly 8,717 students.
Seymour High School is the public school closest to Seymour Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Seymour Elementary School places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Seymour Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 12% enrollment decrease, from 265 in 2020-21 to 233 in 2024-25.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,754
Census ACS
Median income
$66,220
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
8,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Seymour Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Seymour Elementary. Seymour Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Seymour Elementary SchoolFLUSHING, MI · 498 students
- SEYMOUR ELEM.SEYMOUR, MO · 310 students
- SEYMOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRALSTON, NE · 286 students
- Seymour Elementary SchoolSEYMOUR, TX · 249 students
- Seymour Elementary SchoolSeymour, IA · 98 students
Nearby schools
- Seymour High School0.2 mi · 216
- Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School8.3 mi · 588
- Sarah Atwater Denman Elementary School8.4 mi · 501
- Liberty High School8.8 mi · 253
- Liberty Elementary School8.8 mi · 336
- Western Jr High School9.6 mi · 146
Frequently asked questions
About Seymour Elementary SchoolHow large is Seymour Elementary School?
Seymour Elementary School enrolls approximately 233 students in grades PK-06.
Is Seymour Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Seymour Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seymour Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seymour Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Seymour Elementary School?
Seymour Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Seymour Elementary School in?
Seymour Elementary School is part of Payson CUSD 1.
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