Enrollment
173
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOLINE-COAL VALLEY CUSD 40·NCES 172640002828
Willard Elementary School
1616 16th St, Moline, IL 61265 · (309) 743-1620 · Rock Island County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
147 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
18.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
26.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.4% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 10.1% | 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Willard Elementary School
Willard Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Elementary School this school | 173 | 85.0% | 21.7% |
| Northview Elementary School Rantoul | 218 | 85.3% | 19.8% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Rock Island | 262 | 84.7% | 13.8% |
| Fieldcrest Elementary School Oak Forest | 217 | 94.9% | 27.1% |
| Mark Twain Primary School Kankakee | 192 | 93.8% | 8.1% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Joliet | 235 | 94.0% | 31.4% |
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 Willard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Rock Island County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,554 of 1,925 | #22 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,408 of 2,077 ▲ 48 | #17 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,961 of 2,077 ▼ 36 | #25 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #2,136 of 2,419 | #29 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #400 of 2,132 | #11 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #389 of 1,461 | #5 of 19 |
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
173
-12 (-6%) vs 2020
-42% 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 | 173 | 12 | 14.4:1 | 85% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 12.1 | 14.6:1 | 85% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 12.2 | 15.3:1 | 85% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 221 | 13.7 | 16.1:1 | 75% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 10 | 19.6:1 | 65% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | 16 | 15.8:1 | 65% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 14 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 13 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (221 to 173); teachers down 12% (13.7 to 12).
About Willard Elementary School
Willard Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Moline, Illinois. It educates 173 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Willard Elementary School is one school in Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40, a system of 14 schools with 7,257 students.
Enrollment at Willard Elementary School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 42%. Other students are 21% Black, 20% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is higher than the 14% Hispanic share among all Rock Island County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Willard Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Willard Elementary School operates with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Willard Elementary School reports 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 65% average for public schools in Rock Island County is 20 points lower.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.4% for Willard Elementary School. The school posts 21.7%, within a point of the prediction.
Willard Elementary School is located in Rock Island County, where median household income is about $67,159, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Willard Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in Rock Island County, which together enroll about 21,921 students.
Lincoln-Irving Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Willard Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
Willard Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 185 to 173.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rock Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
142,757
Census ACS
Median income
$67,159
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
21,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40
- Moline Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- John Deere Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Lincoln-Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Moline
- Moline Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 860 students
- John Deere Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Lincoln-Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other Willard Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Willard Elementary. Willard Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 13.
- Willard Elementary SchoolSouth Elgin, IL · 370 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolEvanston, IL · 355 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolRiver Forest, IL · 327 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolWillard, OH · 558 students
- Willard ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 534 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln-Irving Elementary School0.5 mi · 382
- John Deere Middle School0.6 mi · 770
- Logan Elementary School0.6 mi · 290
- Jefferson Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 130
- Hamilton Elementary School1.4 mi · 560
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.5 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Willard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Willard Elementary School?
Willard Elementary School enrolls approximately 173 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Willard Elementary School serve?
Willard Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Willard Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Willard Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Willard Elementary School?
Willard Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 42% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Willard Elementary School?
Willard Elementary School is overseen by Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 in Rock Island County.
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