Enrollment
136
Elementary
DISTRICT 90 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE CUSD 84·NCES 174299004312
Shawnee Elementary School
3365 N State Route 3, Wolf Lake, IL 62998 · (618) 833-4975 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL136 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
17.9:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
82 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 20 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 Shawnee CUSD 84. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
20.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.9pp since 2023
Math
9.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 9.6% |
| 2023-24 | 8.5% | 0.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Shawnee Elementary School
Shawnee Elementary School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Elementary School this school | 136 | 60.3% | 15.3% |
| Astoria Elementary School Astoria | 145 | 60.7% | 50.6% |
| Clay City Elementary School Clay City | 125 | 59.2% | 27.3% |
| West Prairie North Elementary School Good Hope | 141 | 57.4% | 27.1% |
| Dahlgren Elementary School Dahlgren | 139 | 56.1% | 44.7% |
| Mulberry Grove Elementary School Mulberry Grove | 135 | 57.0% | 35.0% |
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 Shawnee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #1,744 of 1,925 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #1,925 of 2,077 ▲ 150 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,916 of 2,077 ▲ 60 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 136 | #2,255 of 2,419 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #1,006 of 2,132 | #4 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
136
-18 (-12%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 138
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 | 136 | 7.6 | 17.9:1 | 60% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 139 | 9.3 | 14.9:1 | 55% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 151 | 7.6 | 19.9:1 | 65% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 154 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 160 | 10.2 | 15.7:1 | 99% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 160 | 10 | 16.0:1 | 100% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 79 | 9 | 8.8:1 | 82% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 127 | 8 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 138 | 9 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shawnee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (160 to 136); teachers down 25% (10.2 to 7.6).
About Shawnee Elementary School
Shawnee Elementary School is a small elementary school in Shawnee CUSD 84, located in Wolf Lake, Illinois. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 136 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 64% smaller than that.
Shawnee Elementary School is run by Shawnee CUSD 84, whose 3 schools enroll 270 students.
Shawnee Elementary School's enrollment is 93% White. It is also 5% multiracial. For comparison, Union County is about 90% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 17.9 students per teacher and 7.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 63% average for public schools in Union County.
Shawnee Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Shawnee Elementary School is 21.4 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Shawnee Elementary School is located in Union County, where the median household income is $55,728, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Shawnee Elementary School, Union County has 17 other public schools.
Shawnee Jr High School is the public school closest to Shawnee Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Shawnee Elementary School ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 15.3% against a local average of 40.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The school enrolled 136 students in 2024-25, 18 fewer than the 154 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Shawnee Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,997
Census ACS
Median income
$55,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
2,478 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shawnee CUSD 84
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 72 students
- Shawnee Jr High SchoolMiddle · 62 students
Other schools in Wolf Lake
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 72 students
- Shawnee Jr High SchoolMiddle · 62 students
Other Shawnee Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Shawnee Elementary. Shawnee Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 983 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolMACOMB, MI · 662 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolEaston, PA · 567 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolXenia, OH · 476 students
- SHAWNEE ELEM.CHILHOWEE, MO · 50 students
Nearby schools
- Shawnee Jr High School0.1 mi · 62
- Shawnee High School0.1 mi · 72
- NELL HOLCOMB ELEM.7.5 mi · 249
- Jonesboro Elementary School8.6 mi · 338
- Anna-Jonesboro High School9.5 mi · 476
- Anna Junior High School9.6 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About Shawnee Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shawnee Elementary School?
Shawnee Elementary School enrolls approximately 136 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Shawnee Elementary School serve?
Shawnee Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Shawnee Elementary School have?
Shawnee Elementary School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is Shawnee Elementary School?
Shawnee Elementary School reports a student body of 93% White, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Shawnee Elementary School?
Shawnee Elementary School is overseen by Shawnee CUSD 84 in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.