📍 801 S Lewis Ln, Carbondale, Jackson County, 62901
Lewis School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Carbondale, Jackson County. The school has 300 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lindsey Cobb. It is part of the Carbondale ESD 95 school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Lewis School enrolls 300 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 21% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 163 | 54% |
| White | 62 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 11% |
| Asian | 10 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
156 of the school's 300 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lewis School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 59, state house district 118.
Lewis School is one of 4 schools in Carbondale ESD 95, based in Carbondale, Illinois. The district serves 1,648 students district-wide and employs 122 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 300 students, Lewis School is smaller than the district average of about 412 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant