Venice Elem School

Venice Elem School is a minimally staffed elementary campus in Granite City, Illinois, run under Venice CUSD 3. The school hosts 62 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 84% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Operationally, Venice Elem School answers to Venice CUSD 3, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Venice Elem School logs that nearly all students (95%) are Black; the rest looks like 3% multiracial. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Venice Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Madison County (around 46%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Venice Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.7%; this one delivers 13.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Madison County) shows that median household income runs about $75,793, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which Venice Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Prather Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Venice Elem School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 14.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Venice Elem School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 62 (now 62).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.