Willard Elem School

As a low-enrollment primary school in Moline, Illinois, Willard Elem School educates 173 students from grades K through 5, run under Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40. That puts it 55% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 14 schools in Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 (7,257 students total), Willard Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Willard Elem School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 20% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Rock Island County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Willard Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 21.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Rock Island County) reports that median household income runs about $67,159, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rock Island County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,921 students), Willard Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln-Irving Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Willard Elem School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.5%.

Willard Elem School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 221 students in 2018 compared to 173 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 44% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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