Warsaw Elem School

Set in Warsaw, Illinois, Warsaw Elem School is a low-enrollment primary school, one of the schools within Warsaw CUSD 316. It educates 213 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Across the 2 schools in Warsaw CUSD 316 (398 students total), Warsaw Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Warsaw Elem School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hancock County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Warsaw Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hancock County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Warsaw Elem School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.3%; Warsaw Elem School posts 32.1%, -17.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hancock County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,865, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Warsaw Elem School is one of 15 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 2,703 students).

Warsaw Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Warsaw Elem School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Warsaw Elem School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 214 (now 213). Class-load math has fell: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.