Wells Elementary School

Wells Elementary School is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in Grayville, Illinois, run under Grayville CUSD 1, with 130 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Wells Elementary School sits 66% smaller than that benchmark.

Grayville CUSD 1 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 275 students. Wells Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wells Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). Compared to White County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above White County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Wells Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.0%; Wells Elementary School posts 56.5%, +24.5 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (White County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $54,813 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across White County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,168 students), Wells Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Grayville Jr Sr High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Wells Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wells Elementary School has edged down 17%, going from 157 students in 2018 to 130 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 92% to 98%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.