Shiloh Elementary School

Shiloh Elementary School operates as a small K-5 school in Shiloh, Illinois, one of the schools within Shiloh Village SD 85. Current enrollment sits at 245 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 36% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Shiloh Village SD 85 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 576 students. Shiloh Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Shiloh Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 24% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Shiloh Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against St. Clair County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Shiloh Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of -1.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put median household income runs about $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which Shiloh Elementary School is one.

Shiloh Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shiloh Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shiloh Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 268 students in 2018 compared to 245 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 19% to 24% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.