Enrollment
291
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIGNAL HILL SD 181·NCES 173633003754
Signal Hill Elementary School
40 Signal Hill Pl, Belleville, IL 62223 · (618) 397-0325 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
8.3:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
183 students
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 | 27 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
45.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.8pp 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 24.2% |
% 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Signal Hill Elementary School
Signal Hill Elementary School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Hill Elementary School this school | 291 | 62.9% | 37.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School DeKalb | 272 | 62.9% | 18.4% |
| Westhaven Elementary Belleville | 313 | 64.9% | 44.2% |
| Charter Oak Primary School Peoria | 337 | 66.8% | 44.1% |
| Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School Freeport | 325 | 65.5% | 20.5% |
| Northmoor Primary School Peoria | 365 | 63.0% | 44.9% |
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 Signal Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #1,010 of 1,925 | #20 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,245 of 2,077 ▼ 223 | #26 of 43 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,164 of 2,077 ▼ 206 | #23 of 43 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,592 of 2,419 | #31 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #25 of 2,035 | #1 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #345 of 2,042 | #5 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #921 of 2,132 | #26 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #705 of 1,461 | #13 of 30 |
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
291
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 396
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 | 291 | 35 | 8.3:1 | 63% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 37 | 7.7:1 | 65% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 39 | 7.5:1 | 61% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 31.2 | 10.8:1 | 51% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 49% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 38% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 26 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Signal Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (339 to 291); teachers up 12% (31.2 to 35).
About Signal Hill Elementary School
Belleville, Illinois, is home to Signal Hill Elementary School, a small elementary school. It educates 291 students in pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 24% smaller than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Signal Hill Elementary School reports to Signal Hill SD 181.
Black students are the largest group at Signal Hill Elementary School, with 45% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 35% White, 12% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Among all residents of St. Clair County, the Black share is about 28%. By the diversity index, Signal Hill Elementary School comes in at 65%.
At Signal Hill Elementary School, 35 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 8.3:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment. The 54% average for public schools in St. Clair County is 9 points lower.
allk12 grades Signal Hill Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Signal Hill Elementary School's results are 1.9 points above predicted: 37.1% against 35.2%.
Signal Hill Elementary School is located in St. Clair County, where median household income is about $73,854, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Signal Hill Elementary School is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County, which together enroll about 40,879 students.
The closest public school to Signal Hill Elementary School is Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. Within five miles of Signal Hill Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Signal Hill Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Signal Hill Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 321 to 291.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
Other Signal Hill Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Signal Hill Elementary. Signal Hill Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Signal Hill ElementaryManassas, VA · 807 students
- SIGNAL HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDIX HILLS, NY · 672 students
- Signal Hill ElementarySignal Hill, CA · 599 students
Nearby schools
- Katie Harper-Wright Elementary School1.5 mi · 418
- Harmony Intermediate Center1.9 mi · 207
- Emge Junior High School1.9 mi · 146
- Ellis Elementary School2.4 mi · 382
- Lalumier Elementary School2.6 mi · 276
- Grant Middle School2.7 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Signal Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Signal Hill Elementary School?
Signal Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Signal Hill Elementary School serve?
Signal Hill Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Signal Hill Elementary School have?
Signal Hill Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Signal Hill Elementary School?
At Signal Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 6% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Signal Hill Elementary School public or private?
Signal Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Signal Hill SD 181.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.