Enrollment
171
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003837
Southern View Elementary School
3338 S 5th St, Springfield, IL 62703 · (217) 585-5837 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
130 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
26.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
7.2%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 7.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 8.1% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Southern View Elementary School
Southern View Elementary School's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern View Elementary School this school | 171 | 76.0% | 18.5% |
| Franklin Elementary School Belleville | 172 | 82.0% | 24.2% |
| Henry Raab Elementary School Belleville | 154 | 77.3% | 48.5% |
| Hazel Dell Elementary School Springfield | 140 | 75.7% | 31.5% |
| Black Hawk Elementary School Springfield | 234 | 78.2% | 24.3% |
| Bright Futures Pre-K Prog Galesburg | 176 | 74.4% | N/A |
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 Southern View Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,654 of 1,925 | #29 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #1,983 of 2,077 ▼ 262 | #31 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #1,775 of 2,077 ▼ 117 | #28 of 34 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #2,146 of 2,419 | #34 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #602 of 2,132 | #9 of 37 |
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
171
-37 (-18%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 244
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 | 171 | 13.5 | 12.7:1 | 76% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 154 | 13.5 | 11.4:1 | 68% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 140 | 13.5 | 10.4:1 | 58% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 208 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 190 | 14.5 | 13.1:1 | 69% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 217 | 16 | 13.6:1 | 75% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 211 | 14 | 15.1:1 | 77% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 17 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 11 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (190 to 171); teachers down 7% (14.5 to 13.5).
About Southern View Elementary School
Southern View Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Springfield, Illinois. It reported 171 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 55% lower.
Springfield SD 186 is made up of 31 schools with 13,014 students in all.
About 42% of students at Southern View Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 28% White, 17% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Sangamon County's residents are about 13% Black, 29 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Southern View Elementary School comes to 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Southern View Elementary School counts 76% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Sangamon County is 28 points lower.
After adjusting for student poverty, Southern View Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.5%; the prediction is 27.6%.
The school's county is Sangamon County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $75,357 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Sangamon County number 77, with about 27,345 students.
Southern View Elementary School's nearest public school is Jefferson Middle School (about 0.9 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Southern View Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Southern View Elementary School had a net loss of 37 students, or 18%.
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Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Middle School0.9 mi · 517
- Harvard Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 370
- Laketown Elementary School1.2 mi · 135
- Edwin A Lee Elementary School1.2 mi · 204
- Early Learning Center1.3 mi · 549
- Black Hawk Elementary School1.3 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Southern View Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southern View Elementary School?
Southern View Elementary School enrolls approximately 171 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Southern View Elementary School serve?
Southern View Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southern View Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southern View Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southern View Elementary School?
At Southern View Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 17% Hispanic, 42% Black, 13% Two or more.
Is Southern View Elementary School public or private?
Southern View Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Springfield SD 186.
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