Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WETHERSFIELD CUSD 230·NCES 174206004204
Wethersfield Elementary School
439 Willard St, Kewanee, IL 61443 · (309) 853-4800 · Henry County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
144 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 43 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Wethersfield Elementary School→Wethersfield Jr/Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Wethersfield CUSD 230. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
58.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.4pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 23.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Wethersfield Elementary School
Wethersfield Elementary School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wethersfield Elementary School this school | 296 | 48.6% | 49.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Oglesby | 328 | 50.0% | 34.6% |
| Herman E Dummer Sandwich | 275 | 49.1% | 51.7% |
| Grant Park Elementary School Grant Park | 325 | 48.6% | 57.9% |
| Pepper Ridge Elementary School Bloomington | 287 | 52.6% | 44.2% |
| Bicentennial Elementary School Coal Valley | 328 | 43.3% | 42.3% |
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 Wethersfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #618 of 1,925 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,035 of 2,077 ▲ 6 | #10 of 11 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #720 of 2,077 ▼ 60 | #5 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #1,560 of 2,419 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,383 of 2,035 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #981 of 2,042 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #1,336 of 2,132 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #1,178 of 1,461 | #7 of 10 |
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
296
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 374
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 | 296 | 20.5 | 14.4:1 | 49% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 51% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 24.2 | 12.9:1 | 56% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 22.1 | 14.2:1 | 46% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 19 | 16.4:1 | 46% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 17 | 21.9:1 | 43% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 17 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wethersfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (313 to 296); teachers down 7% (22.1 to 20.5).
About Wethersfield Elementary School
Wethersfield Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Kewanee, Illinois. The school serves 296 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 22% smaller than that.
Wethersfield CUSD 230 enrolls 513 students, and its 2 schools include Wethersfield Elementary School.
At 71%, White students outnumber all other groups at Wethersfield Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among all residents of Henry County, the White share is about 88%. Wethersfield Elementary School has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 20.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Roughly 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Wethersfield Elementary School would score about 43.4%. It scores 49.1%, 5.7 points above that figure.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Henry County show that median household income is about $71,911, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Wethersfield Elementary School is one of 28 public schools in Henry County, which together enroll about 7,723 students.
Nearest public school: Wethersfield Jr/Sr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Wethersfield Elementary School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Wethersfield Elementary School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 294 in 2020-21 and 296 in 2024-25.
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Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,643
Census ACS
Median income
$71,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
7,723 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wethersfield CUSD 230
- Wethersfield Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 217 students
Other schools in Kewanee
- Kewanee High SchoolHigh · 582 students
- Central Elementary SchoolMiddle · 353 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Belle Alexander Elementary SchoolElementary · 241 students
- Central Junior HighMiddle · 235 students
- Wethersfield Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Wethersfield Jr/Sr High School0.0 mi · 217
- Central Junior High1.0 mi · 235
- Central Elementary School1.0 mi · 353
- Irving Elementary School1.1 mi · 242
- Kewanee High School1.5 mi · 582
- Belle Alexander Elementary School1.8 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Wethersfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wethersfield Elementary School?
Wethersfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Wethersfield Elementary School serve?
Wethersfield Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Wethersfield Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Wethersfield Elementary School.
How diverse is Wethersfield Elementary School?
Wethersfield Elementary School reports a student body of 71% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Wethersfield Elementary School in?
Wethersfield Elementary School is part of Wethersfield CUSD 230.
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