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Enrollment
680
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITESIDE SD 115·NCES 174230004250
Whiteside Elementary School
2028 Lebanon Ave, Belleville, IL 62221 · (618) 239-0000 · St. Clair County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
427 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 97 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (118).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Whiteside Elementary School→Whiteside Middle School
Based on grade levels within Whiteside SD 115. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
35.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 35.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 21.1% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Whiteside Elementary School
Whiteside Elementary School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteside Elementary School this school | 680 | 62.8% | 35.0% |
| Early Learning Center Springfield | 549 | 65.2% | N/A |
| Dubois Elementary School Springfield | 469 | 66.5% | 15.6% |
| William Holliday Elementary School Fairview Heights | 418 | 65.3% | 30.5% |
| Springfield Ball Charter School Springfield | 394 | 60.9% | 35.9% |
| Winston Churchill School Homewood | 572 | 49.3% | 44.1% |
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 Whiteside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,090 of 1,925 | #24 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #1,110 of 2,077 ▲ 25 | #20 of 43 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,319 of 2,077 ▼ 185 | #28 of 43 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #145 of 2,419 | #4 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,299 of 2,035 | #21 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #566 of 2,042 | #15 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #927 of 2,132 | #27 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #1,187 of 1,461 | #23 of 30 |
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
680
+55 (+9%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 805
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 | 680 | 47.9 | 14.2:1 | 63% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 45.8 | 14.6:1 | 60% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 44.7 | 15.0:1 | 59% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 44.5 | 16.1:1 | 59% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 54% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 44 | 18.1:1 | 47% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 1,048 | 65 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 805 | 40 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whiteside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (717 to 680); teachers up 8% (44.5 to 47.9).
About Whiteside Elementary School
Whiteside Elementary School is a public large elementary school in Belleville, Illinois. Enrolled students number 680 students, in pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 78% higher than the average for elementary schools in Illinois, which is about 381.
Whiteside Elementary School reports to Whiteside SD 115, which has 2 schools and 1,155 students.
By race and ethnicity, Whiteside Elementary School is 55% Black. Other reported shares: 29% White, 10% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 28% Black among all St. Clair County residents. Whiteside Elementary School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1, with 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois have a similar average ratio of 13.9:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment. It compares with 54% for public schools in St. Clair County.
Whiteside Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Whiteside Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 35.0% actual against 35.3% predicted.
Whiteside Elementary School is located in St. Clair County, where median household income is about $73,854, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Whiteside Elementary School is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County, which together enroll about 40,879 students.
Whiteside Middle School is located about 0.7 miles from Whiteside Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Whiteside Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Whiteside Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 625 to 680.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Other Whiteside Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Whiteside Elementary. Whiteside Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Whiteside Middle School0.7 mi · 475
- Jefferson Elementary School1.3 mi · 293
- Belleville High School-East1.4 mi · 2,600
- Wingate Elementary School1.6 mi · 424
- Douglas Elementary School1.7 mi · 233
- High Mount Elementary School2.0 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Whiteside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whiteside Elementary School?
Whiteside Elementary School enrolls approximately 680 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Whiteside Elementary School serve?
Whiteside Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Whiteside Elementary School have?
Whiteside Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whiteside Elementary School?
At Whiteside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 5% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Whiteside Elementary School public or private?
Whiteside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Whiteside SD 115.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.