Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAWN UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 209·NCES 170142206363
Woodlawn Grade School
301 S Central St, Woodlawn, IL 62898 · (618) 735-2661 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
139 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 24% larger than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Woodlawn Grade School→Woodlawn High School
Based on grade levels within Woodlawn Unit School District 209. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.9pp since 2023
Math
44.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 44.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 25.2% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Woodlawn Grade School
Woodlawn Grade School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Grade School this school | 322 | 43.2% | 47.5% |
| Calhoun Elementary/ Jr High School Hardin | 336 | 41.7% | 42.8% |
| North Elementary School Marshall | 339 | 41.6% | 52.6% |
| Brighton North Primary School Brighton | 293 | 43.3% | N/A |
| Steeleville Elementary School Steeleville | 323 | 43.0% | 34.1% |
| Greenfield Elementary School Greenfield | 309 | 45.0% | 34.1% |
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 Woodlawn Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #658 of 1,925 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #815 of 2,077 ▲ 169 | #2 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #924 of 2,077 ▲ 275 | #4 of 11 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #1,411 of 2,419 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #950 of 2,035 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #1,765 of 2,042 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #1,484 of 2,132 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #1,097 of 1,461 | #7 of 7 |
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
322
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
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 | 322 | 24.5 | 13.2:1 | 43% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 23.1 | 13.9:1 | 43% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 25.5 | 12.4:1 | 41% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 24.4 | 14.1:1 | 47% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 47% (165) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlawn Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (345 to 322); teachers unchanged (24.4 to 24.5).
About Woodlawn Grade School
Woodlawn Grade School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Woodlawn, Illinois, one of the schools in Woodlawn Unit School District 209. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 322 students.
Woodlawn Grade School is one school in a 2-school district, Woodlawn Unit School District 209, which enrolls 496 students.
Roughly 92% of students at Woodlawn Grade School are White. Other students are 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 84% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Woodlawn Grade School scores 15%.
The school has 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Of all students at Woodlawn Grade School, 43% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 60%.
Woodlawn Grade School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Woodlawn Grade School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.5% actual, 46.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
In the wider Jefferson County area, the median household earns about $63,118 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Jefferson County, 31 public schools serve about 5,314 students.
Woodlawn Grade School's nearest public school is Woodlawn High School (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Woodlawn Grade School. Woodlawn Grade School places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Woodlawn Grade School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 5% decrease took enrollment from 339 in 2020-21 to 322 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,550
Census ACS
Median income
$63,118
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
5,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodlawn Unit School District 209
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 174 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlawn High School0.3 mi · 174
- Mount Vernon High School5.3 mi · 1,233
- J L Buford Intermediate Ed Center5.5 mi · 260
- Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center5.8 mi · 562
- McClellan Elementary School6.4 mi · 56
- Zadok Casey Middle School6.6 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlawn Grade SchoolHow large is Woodlawn Grade School?
Woodlawn Grade School enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Woodlawn Grade School serve?
Woodlawn Grade School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodlawn Grade School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodlawn Grade School is approximately 13.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodlawn Grade School?
At Woodlawn Grade School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodlawn Grade School?
Woodlawn Grade School is overseen by Woodlawn Unit School District 209 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.