📍 1325 Empire St, Freeport, Stephenson County, 61032
Empire Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Freeport, Stephenson County. The school has 325 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Danielle Summers. It is part of the Freeport SD 145 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Empire Elem School enrolls 325 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 26% Black or African American and 19% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 143 | 44% |
| Black or African American | 86 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 61 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 9.5% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
192 of the school's 325 students (59%) 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.
Empire Elem 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 45, state house district 89.
Empire Elem School is one of 8 schools in Freeport SD 145, based in Freeport, Illinois. The district serves 3,703 students district-wide and employs 255 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 325 students, Empire Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 463 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant