Washington Elementary School

Federal records list Washington Elementary School as an elementary school in East Alton, Illinois. It has an enrollment of 130 students in pre-K. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.

East Alton SD 13 counts 3 schools and 716 students, including Washington Elementary School.

About 78% of the student body at Washington Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 15% Black and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.

There are about 52.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Washington Elementary School, which has 2.5. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Washington Elementary School is about 66%. That rate is above the 46% average among public schools in Madison County.

In Madison County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $75,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 84 public schools in the county, enrolling about 35,253, Washington Elementary School among them.

Among nearby public schools, East Alton Middle School is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Washington Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Small locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Federal data put enrollment at 80 in 2020-21 and 130 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.

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