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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SULLIVAN CUSD 300·NCES 173813003905
Sullivan Elementary School
910 N Graham St, Sullivan, IL 61951 · (217) 728-2321 · Moultrie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
288 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 89 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Based on grade levels within Sullivan CUSD 300. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +24.1pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.8% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 25.6% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Sullivan Elementary School
Sullivan Elementary School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Elementary School this school | 565 | 51.0% | 50.1% |
| Oakwood Grade School Oakwood | 573 | 51.0% | 24.6% |
| Red Bud Elementary School Red Bud | 582 | 49.0% | 47.4% |
| Staunton Elementary School Staunton | 541 | 48.6% | 55.1% |
| Beckemeyer Elementary School Hillsboro | 641 | 54.0% | 49.9% |
| Newton Elementary School Newton | 476 | 49.4% | 53.2% |
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 Sullivan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #594 of 1,925 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #899 of 2,077 ▲ 74 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #414 of 2,077 ▲ 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #349 of 2,419 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,943 of 2,035 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.1% | #1,807 of 2,042 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #1,278 of 2,132 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #519 of 615 |
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
565
+77 (+16%) vs 2020
+94% since 1990-91, when it was 291
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 | 565 | 30.7 | 18.4:1 | 51% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 33.4 | 16.8:1 | 53% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 57% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 30 | 18.4:1 | 46% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 49% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 51% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 291 | 16 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sullivan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (550 to 565); teachers up 2% (30 to 30.7).
About Sullivan Elementary School
Sullivan Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Sullivan, Illinois, administered by Sullivan CUSD 300. It reports enrollment of 565 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Sullivan Elementary School falls under Sullivan CUSD 300, which has 3 schools enrolling 1,148 students.
White students account for 93% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Among Moultrie County residents, the White share is about 95%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
The school's 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At Sullivan Elementary School, 51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Moultrie County average a similar 51%.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Sullivan Elementary School outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sullivan Elementary School is +8.0 points: 50.1% actual, 42.1% predicted.
The school is in Moultrie County, where the median household earns about $71,784 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Sullivan Elementary School shares Moultrie County with 5 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Sullivan Elementary School is closest to Sullivan Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. On average proficiency, Sullivan Elementary School is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 565, up from 488 in 2020-21.
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Moultrie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,424
Census ACS
Median income
$71,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,628 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sullivan CUSD 300
- Sullivan High SchoolHigh · 317 students
- Sullivan Middle SchoolMiddle · 266 students
Other schools in Sullivan
- Sullivan High SchoolHigh · 317 students
- Sullivan Middle SchoolMiddle · 266 students
Other Sullivan Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Sullivan Elementary. Sullivan Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Sullivan Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 439 students
- Sullivan ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 662 students
- Sullivan ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 640 students
- Sullivan Elementary SchoolSullivan, IN · 627 students
- SULLIVAN ELEM.SULLIVAN, MO · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Sullivan Middle School0.1 mi · 266
- Sullivan High School0.1 mi · 317
- Lovington Grade School7.2 mi · 148
- Okaw Valley High School7.4 mi · 162
- Okaw Valley Elementary School7.4 mi · 170
- Okaw Valley Middle School9.9 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Sullivan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sullivan Elementary School?
Sullivan Elementary School enrolls approximately 565 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sullivan Elementary School serve?
Sullivan Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sullivan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sullivan Elementary School is approximately 18.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sullivan Elementary School?
At Sullivan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sullivan Elementary School in?
Sullivan Elementary School is part of Sullivan CUSD 300.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.