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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE CCSD 118·NCES 171179004515
Southwest Elementary School
14794 Catlin Tilton Rd, Danville, IL 61834 · (217) 444-3500 · Vermilion County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
448 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 210 | 45% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 26% larger than its 4th grade class (46).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
19.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
IL avg 37.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.4% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 18.1% | 14.5% |
% 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
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Southwest Elementary School
Southwest Elementary School's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Elementary School this school | 469 | 95.5% | 17.1% |
| Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center Mount Vernon | 562 | 91.6% | 20.4% |
| King School Galesburg | 510 | 87.3% | 23.2% |
| Parsons Elementary School Decatur | 505 | 89.5% | 10.0% |
| Bowlesburg Elementary School Silvis | 324 | 96.9% | 27.5% |
| Mark Denman Elementary School Danville | 545 | 95.2% | 17.0% |
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 Southwest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Vermilion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #1,696 of 1,925 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,761 of 2,077 ▼ 341 | #15 of 15 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #1,931 of 2,077 ▼ 285 | #14 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #662 of 2,419 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,954 of 2,035 | #14 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #175 of 2,042 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #134 of 2,132 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #721 of 1,461 | #4 of 8 |
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
469
+127 (+37%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 391
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 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 96% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 24.5 | 15.6:1 | 91% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 23.3 | 19.0:1 | 84% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 76% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 77% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 79% (308) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (544 to 469); teachers down 11% (28 to 25).
About Southwest Elementary School
Southwest Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Danville, Illinois. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 469 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 23% higher.
Danville CCSD 118 includes 9 schools. Together they enroll 4,940 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Southwest Elementary School is White, with 40% of students. The next largest groups are 33% Black, 15% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. The school's White share is 38 points below the 78% share among Vermilion County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
Classroom staffing at Southwest Elementary School totals 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Federal data show 96% of students (448) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Vermilion County, the average is 71%.
Southwest Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (17.1%) and its predicted rate (16.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
In the surrounding county, Vermilion County, median household income comes to about $56,877, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 41 public schools and about 11,267 students.
Southwest Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is South View Upper Elementary School, about 1.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Southwest Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 24.2% on proficiency, and Southwest Elementary School is below that at 17.1%.
NCES describes the area around Southwest Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school grew from 342 students in 2020-21 to 469 in 2024-25.
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Vermilion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,386
Census ACS
Median income
$56,877
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
11,267 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Danville CCSD 118
- Danville High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- North Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- South View Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Mark Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Northeast Elementary Magnet SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other schools in Danville
- Danville High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- North Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- South View Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Mark Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Northeast Elementary Magnet SchoolElementary · 347 students
Other Southwest Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 14 states are named Southwest Elementary. Southwest Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 22.
- Southwest Elementary SchoolGeneseo, IL · 357 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolEvergreen Park, IL · 301 students
- SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 975 students
- Southwest ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 808 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolSavannah, GA · 769 students
Nearby schools
- South View Upper Elementary School1.9 mi · 664
- Salt Fork North Elementary School3.0 mi · 274
- Salt Fork High School3.1 mi · 248
- Westville High School3.3 mi · 334
- Danville High School3.5 mi · 1,253
- Westville Jr High School3.7 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Southwest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Southwest Elementary School?
Southwest Elementary School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-04.
Is Southwest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southwest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Southwest Elementary School have?
Southwest Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
How diverse is Southwest Elementary School?
Southwest Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 12% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Southwest Elementary School?
Southwest Elementary School is overseen by Danville CCSD 118 in Vermilion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.