Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMPAIGN CUSD 4·NCES 170942000555
Washington Elementary School
606 E Grove St, Champaign, IL 61820 · (217) 351-3901 · Champaign County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
201 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
18.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
12.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.0% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 8.5% | 5.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Washington Elementary School
Washington Elementary School's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary School this school | 265 | 75.8% | 13.9% |
| Kozminski Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 275 | 79.3% | 23.1% |
| Bryant Elementary School Harvey | 294 | 75.2% | 36.7% |
| Elizabeth Graham Elementary School Springfield | 241 | 74.7% | 20.9% |
| Tyler Elementary School De Kalb | 265 | 78.9% | 13.7% |
| Bret Harte Elementary School Chicago | 339 | 75.2% | 23.4% |
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 Washington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,787 of 1,925 | #23 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,828 of 2,077 ▼ 1 | #21 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,967 of 2,077 ▲ 6 | #23 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #1,741 of 2,419 | #27 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,980 of 2,035 | #30 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #830 of 2,042 | #21 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #606 of 2,132 | #9 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #100 of 1,461 | #2 of 19 |
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
265
-96 (-27%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 290
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 | 265 | 13.5 | 19.6:1 | 76% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 30.8 | 12.1:1 | 67% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 30.6 | 12.0:1 | 65% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 28.8 | 14.2:1 | 48% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 61% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 23 | 10.3:1 | 83% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 282 | 25 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 22 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (408 to 265); teachers down 53% (28.8 to 13.5).
About Washington Elementary School
Federal records list Washington Elementary School as an elementary school in Champaign, Illinois. School enrollment was 265 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Washington Elementary School belongs to Champaign CUSD 4, a district of 18 schools and 10,598 students.
At 66%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Washington Elementary School combined. The school is also 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 14%. The chance that two students picked at random at Washington Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Dividing enrollment by its 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.6:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Eligible students account for 76% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Champaign County.
Washington Elementary School trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 13.8 points (13.9% versus 27.7%), a bottom-10% result in Illinois on BeatsExpectations.
Among Champaign County residents, median household income is about $63,683, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Washington Elementary School is one of 66 public schools in Champaign County, which together enroll about 25,919 students.
The closest public school, M L King Jr Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles from Washington Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Washington Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students dropped from 361 to 265 over 4 years.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Champaign CUSD 4
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,476 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- International Prep AcademyElementary · 681 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Other schools in Champaign
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,476 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- International Prep AcademyElementary · 681 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Other Washington Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named Washington Elementary. Washington Elementary School is the 112th largest of the 156.
- Washington Elementary SchoolRockford, IL · 523 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolMundelein, IL · 467 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolMarion, IL · 465 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElgin, IL · 446 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolDixon, IL · 424 students
Nearby schools
- M L King Jr Elementary School0.4 mi · 322
- University of Illinois High School0.8 mi · 319
- Champaign Early Chldhd Cntr0.8 mi · 288
- Stratton Elementary School0.8 mi · 454
- Franklin Middle School1.3 mi · 665
- Edison Middle School1.3 mi · 647
Frequently asked questions
About Washington Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades KG-05.
Is Washington Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Washington Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Washington Elementary School is approximately 19.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Washington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Washington Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 66% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Washington Elementary School?
Washington Elementary School is overseen by Champaign CUSD 4 in Champaign County.
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