Spring Lake Elem School

Spring Lake Elem School operates as a rural-scale elementary school in Manito, Illinois, run under Spring Lake CCSD 606. Current enrollment sits at 55 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 86% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Spring Lake Elem School sits inside Spring Lake CCSD 606, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Spring Lake Elem School records that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Spring Lake Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 61.3%.

In the broader community, Tazewell County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,982, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Tazewell County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), Spring Lake Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Illini Bluffs Middle School, around 4.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Spring Lake Elem School. On composite proficiency, Spring Lake Elem School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Spring Lake Elem School's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 51 (now 55). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.