South Primary School

South Roxana, Illinois, is home to South Primary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 450 students across pre-K through 2.

Roxana CUSD 1 includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 1,708 students.

More than half of the students at South Primary School are White (77%). The rest of enrollment is 11% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, South Primary School scores 38%.

With 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.7:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 59% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Madison County averages 46%, lower than here.

Census data for Madison County show median household income comes to about $75,793, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 84 public schools in the county, enrolling about 35,253, South Primary School among them.

About 1.9 miles separate South Primary School from the closest public school, Roxana Junior High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, South Primary School is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment figures show a rise of 26 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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