Enrollment
124
Elementary
DISTRICT 109 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING GARDEN CCSD 178·NCES 170141906359
Spring Garden Elementary School
14975 E Bakerville Rd, Mount Vernon, IL 62864 · (618) 244-8070 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
81 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 3 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (21).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Spring Garden Elementary School→Spring Garden Middle School
Based on grade levels within Spring Garden CCSD 178. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +23.9pp since 2023
Math
31.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +22.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 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 24 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.1% | 8.7% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Spring Garden Elementary School
Spring Garden Elementary School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Garden Elementary School this school | 124 | 65.3% | 34.2% |
| Sangamon Valley Intermediate School Illiopolis | 115 | 67.0% | 54.2% |
| Wells Elementary School Grayville | 130 | 68.5% | 56.5% |
| Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School Opdyke | 122 | 69.7% | 29.8% |
| Bement Elementary School Bement | 143 | 65.7% | 50.6% |
| South Fork Elementary School Kincaid | 150 | 65.3% | 24.4% |
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 Spring Garden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,112 of 1,925 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,230 of 2,077 ▲ 448 | #4 of 11 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #999 of 2,077 ▲ 327 | #5 of 11 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 124 | #2,284 of 2,419 | #11 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #864 of 2,132 | #6 of 12 |
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
124
-8 (-6%) vs 2020
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 | 124 | 10.6 | 11.7:1 | 65% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 131 | 10.6 | 12.4:1 | 57% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 11.3 | 12.2:1 | 59% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 132 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 135 | 9 | 15.0:1 | 87% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 118 | 10 | 11.8:1 | 60% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Garden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (135 to 124); teachers up 17% (9 to 10.6).
About Spring Garden Elementary School
Spring Garden Elementary School operates as a very small elementary school in Mount Vernon, Illinois. It teaches 124 students in kindergarten through 4. By comparison, elementary schools in Illinois enroll about 381 students on average.
Spring Garden CCSD 178 includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 217 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Spring Garden Elementary School is White, at 96%. Among all residents of Jefferson County, the White share is about 84%. The diversity index for Spring Garden Elementary School is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.7:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.2 students per teacher. By family income, 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Spring Garden Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.2% and a predicted 33.8%.
Census data for Jefferson County show median household income comes to about $63,118, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 31 public schools and about 5,314 students.
Bethel Grade School is about 2.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Spring Garden Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 32.7% on proficiency, and Spring Garden Elementary School is above that at 34.2%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment fell 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,550
Census ACS
Median income
$63,118
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
5,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spring Garden CCSD 178
- Spring Garden Middle SchoolMiddle · 93 students
Other schools in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Dr Nick Osborne Primary CenterElementary · 562 students
- Zadok Casey Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
- Summersville Grade SchoolElementary · 283 students
- J L Buford Intermediate Ed CenterElementary · 260 students
- Dr Andy Hall Early Educ CenterElementary · 243 students
Other Spring Garden Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Spring Garden Elementary. Spring Garden Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Spring Garden Elementary SchoolBEDFORD, TX · 599 students
- Spring Garden Elementary SchoolBethlehem, PA · 532 students
- Spring Garden ElementaryHampstead, MD · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Bethel Grade School2.5 mi · 154
- McClellan Elementary School4.3 mi · 56
- Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School4.4 mi · 122
- Dr Andy Hall Early Educ Center4.6 mi · 243
- Zadok Casey Middle School4.7 mi · 380
- Mount Vernon High School4.8 mi · 1,233
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Garden Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Spring Garden Elementary School?
Spring Garden Elementary School enrolls approximately 124 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Spring Garden Elementary School serve?
Spring Garden Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Spring Garden Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Spring Garden Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Garden Elementary School?
At Spring Garden Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Spring Garden Elementary School public or private?
Spring Garden Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spring Garden CCSD 178.
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