Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003847
Wilcox Elementary School
2000 Hastings Rd, Springfield, IL 62702 · (217) 525-3281 · Sangamon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
170 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
32.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
14.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.7% | 14.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 13.8% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Wilcox Elementary School
Wilcox Elementary School's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox Elementary School this school | 241 | 70.5% | 25.9% |
| Twin Echo Elementary School Collinsville | 222 | 67.6% | 31.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Belleville | 293 | 70.0% | 32.3% |
| Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School Freeport | 325 | 65.5% | 20.5% |
| High Mount Elementary School Swansea | 325 | 68.3% | 29.2% |
| Empire Elementary School Freeport | 295 | 66.4% | 10.5% |
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 Wilcox Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #1,416 of 1,925 | #22 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #1,766 of 2,077 ▼ 306 | #27 of 34 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #1,594 of 2,077 ▼ 149 | #23 of 34 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #1,879 of 2,419 | #28 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #570 of 2,035 | #8 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #245 of 2,042 | #3 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #726 of 2,132 | #13 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #599 of 1,461 | #7 of 23 |
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
241
-15 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 297
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 | 241 | 20 | 12.1:1 | 71% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 18.5 | 13.8:1 | 66% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 17.8 | 14.3:1 | 60% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 18.3 | 15.7:1 | 72% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 57% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | 64% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 22 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 14 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilcox Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (288 to 241); teachers up 9% (18.3 to 20).
About Wilcox Elementary School
Among the schools in Springfield, Illinois, is Wilcox Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 241 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Wilcox Elementary School is one school in Springfield SD 186, a system of 31 schools with 13,014 students.
At Wilcox Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 41%. Next come 35% Black, 17% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 78% White. Wilcox Elementary School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 12.1 students per teacher and 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sangamon County average 48%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.8% at Wilcox Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.9%.
Census estimates describe Sangamon County this way: the median household income is $75,357, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Sangamon County has 77 public schools and roughly 27,345 students.
Fairview Elementary School is the public school closest to Wilcox Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Wilcox Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Wilcox Elementary School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, Wilcox Elementary School's enrollment declined 6%, to 241.
Discussions about Wilcox Elementary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other Wilcox Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wilcox Elementary. Wilcox Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Wilcox Elementary SchoolTwinsburg, OH · 652 students
- Wilcox ElementaryMontebello, CA · 479 students
- Wilcox Elementary SchoolHOLT, MI · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview Elementary School0.7 mi · 302
- Lanphier High School1.5 mi · 1,117
- Ridgely Elementary School1.5 mi · 343
- McClernand Elementary School2.2 mi · 213
- Washington Middle School2.2 mi · 516
- Lincoln Magnet School2.4 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Wilcox Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilcox Elementary School?
Wilcox Elementary School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wilcox Elementary School serve?
Wilcox Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wilcox Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Wilcox Elementary School.
How diverse is Wilcox Elementary School?
Wilcox Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 5% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilcox Elementary School?
Wilcox Elementary School is overseen by Springfield SD 186 in Sangamon County.
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