📍 1 Ed Gardner Pl, Waterloo, Monroe County, 62298
Gardner Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waterloo, Monroe County. The school has 399 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Angela Huels. It is part of the Waterloo CUSD 5 school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gardner Elementary School enrolls 399 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 3% Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 380 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
69 of the school's 399 students (17%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gardner Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 58, state house district 116.
Gardner Elementary School is one of 5 schools in Waterloo CUSD 5, based in Waterloo, Illinois. The district serves 2,767 students district-wide and employs 170 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 399 students, Gardner Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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