Springfield Ball Charter School

Springfield Ball Charter School is a primary school of average-sized scale in Springfield, Illinois, part of Springfield SD 186, caters to 394 students in grades K through 8.

Springfield SD 186 comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 13,014 students; Springfield Ball Charter School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Springfield Ball Charter School reports that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 35% White, 18% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Springfield Ball Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sangamon County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Springfield Ball Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Sangamon County shows median household earnings sit near $75,357, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), Springfield Ball Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Springfield Southeast High Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Springfield Ball Charter School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 27.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Springfield Ball Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springfield Ball Charter School has remained close to its prior level, going from 398 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 35% across the same window.

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