South Jacksonville Elem School

South Jacksonville Elem School is one of the compact K-5 schools in South Jacksonville, Illinois, overseen by Jacksonville SD 117, with 311 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Jacksonville SD 117 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,231 students. South Jacksonville Elem School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, South Jacksonville Elem School shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at South Jacksonville Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Jacksonville Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Morgan County shows median household earnings sit near $66,306, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Morgan County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,446 students), of which South Jacksonville Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jacksonville Middle School, around 1.4 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, South Jacksonville Elem School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

South Jacksonville Elem School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Jacksonville Elem School has shrank 5%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, 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.