Signal Hill Elem School

Signal Hill Elem School is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in Belleville, Illinois, overseen by Signal Hill SD 181, with 291 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Signal Hill Elem School sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Signal Hill Elem School is a school of Signal Hill SD 181, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Signal Hill Elem School shows that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above St. Clair County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Signal Hill Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 37.1%.

Around the school, census data for St. Clair County shows 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 Signal Hill Elem School is one.

Katie Harper-Wright Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Signal Hill Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.6%.

Signal Hill Elem School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.