State/Public Elementary Open

Northwest Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 506 11th St, Lincoln, Logan County, 62656

273
Pupils
13.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Northwest Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lincoln, Logan County. The school has 273 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ashley Phillips. It is part of the Lincoln ESD 27 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Ashley Phillips
School district
Lincoln ESD 27

Enrollment & staffing

Northwest Elem School enrolls 273 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.

Male students
137 (50%)
Female students
136 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
20.9
Student-teacher ratio
13.1:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 15% Two or more races and 5.5% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White20977%
Two or more races4215%
Hispanic or Latino155.5%
Black or African American51.8%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

225 of the school's 273 students (82%) 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.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Northwest 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 44, state house district 87.

School district: Lincoln ESD 27

Northwest Elem School is one of 5 schools in Lincoln ESD 27, based in Lincoln, Illinois. The district serves 1,056 students district-wide and employs 88 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 273 students, Northwest Elem School is larger than the district average of about 211 students per school.

1,056
District students
5
Schools
88
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

27%
Reading proficient
27%
Math proficient
19%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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