Enrollment
130
Elementary
DISTRICT 138 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAYVILLE CUSD 1·NCES 171758002060
Wells Elementary School
704 W North St, Grayville, IL 62844 · (618) 375-7214 · White County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL130 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
89 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wells Elementary School→Grayville Jr Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Grayville CUSD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
58.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.3% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 46.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
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 Wells Elementary School
Wells Elementary School's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Elementary School this school | 130 | 68.5% | 56.5% |
| Opdyke-Belle Rive Grade School Opdyke | 122 | 69.7% | 29.8% |
| Spring Garden Elementary School Mount Vernon | 124 | 65.3% | 34.2% |
| Sangamon Valley Intermediate School Illiopolis | 115 | 67.0% | 54.2% |
| Maple Grove Elementary School Joppa | 122 | 72.1% | 47.1% |
| Lovington Grade School Lovington | 148 | 72.3% | 27.7% |
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 Wells Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #411 of 1,925 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #665 of 2,077 ▼ 277 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #737 of 2,077 ▼ 307 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 130 | #2,269 of 2,419 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.5% | #768 of 2,132 |
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
130
-16 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 186
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 | 130 | 11.4 | 11.4:1 | 68% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 138 | 10.1 | 13.7:1 | 74% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 133 | 10.6 | 12.6:1 | 66% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 146 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 157 | 11.4 | 13.8:1 | 55% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 164 | 12 | 13.7:1 | 46% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 165 | 13 | 12.7:1 | 51% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 182 | 14 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 186 | 13 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wells Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (157 to 130); teachers unchanged (11.4 to 11.4).
About Wells Elementary School
Wells Elementary School is a small elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Grayville. Enrolled students number 130 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Grayville CUSD 1 is responsible for 2 schools, Wells Elementary School included, with 275 students in all.
The large majority of students at Wells Elementary School, 98%, are White. That is close to the 96% White share among all White County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Wells Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 5%.
Its 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 68% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in White County averages 54%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Wells Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Wells Elementary School is 24.5 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Illinois.
Census estimates describe White County this way: median household income is about $54,813, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 15 public schools in White County, with a combined enrollment of about 2,168.
Grayville Jr Sr High School is the public school closest to Wells Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Wells Elementary School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Wells Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Federal counts put enrollment at 146 in 2020-21 and 130 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Wells Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,619
Census ACS
Median income
$54,813
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,168 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Wells Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Wells Elementary. Wells Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Wells Elementary SchoolEast Moline, IL · 307 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,133 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolWells, ME · 563 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 463 students
- Wells ElementaryWilson, NC · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Grayville Jr Sr High School0.1 mi · 145
- Albion Grade School8.8 mi · 427
- Edwards County High School8.8 mi · 223
- North Elementary School13.3 mi · 364
- North Posey Junior High School13.6 mi · 234
- North Posey High School13.6 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Wells Elementary SchoolHow large is Wells Elementary School?
Wells Elementary School enrolls approximately 130 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wells Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wells Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Wells Elementary School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Wells Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Wells Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wells Elementary School are roughly 98% White, 2% Two or more.
What district is Wells Elementary School in?
Wells Elementary School is part of Grayville CUSD 1.
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