Wolf Branch Elem School

Wolf Branch Elem School is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Swansea, Illinois, run under Wolf Branch SD 113, caters to 482 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Wolf Branch SD 113 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 823 students; Wolf Branch Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Wolf Branch Elem School reports that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Black, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with St. Clair County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Wolf Branch Elem School shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Clair County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Wolf Branch Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 71.5%, a residual of +12.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for St. Clair County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,854 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, St. Clair County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students), of which Wolf Branch Elem School is one.

Wolf Branch Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wolf Branch Elem School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Wolf Branch Elem School's enrollment has grew 14% since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 482). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 67% to 60%.

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