Is Ball Elementary School a good school?

Ball Elementary School ranks 336 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ball Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 607 students attended Ball Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Ball Elementary School?

Students at Ball Elementary School are 79% White, 7% African American, 7% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Ball Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Ball Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Glenwood Intermediate School Middle : Glenwood Middle School High : Glenwood High School

Ball Elementary School

Summary:

Ball Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Chatham, Illinois, serving grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 607 students. The school is part of the Ball Chatham CUSD 5 district, which is ranked 187 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ball Elementary School consistently performs above the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grades. In the 2023-2024 school year, 49.3% of all students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%. In Mathematics, 48.8% of all students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance is particularly strong for certain student subgroups, ranking in the top 15% of Illinois elementary schools for male students and special education students. While Ball Elementary School has seen fluctuations in chronic absenteeism rates, the school has shown improvement, with the rate decreasing to 9.5% in the 2023-2024 school year.

When compared to other nearby schools in the same district, Glenwood Elementary School and Chatham Elementary School, Ball Elementary School generally outperforms its peers in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency. Additionally, when compared to schools in the nearby Springfield School District 186, which is ranked 675 out of 813 districts in Illinois, Ball Elementary School significantly outperforms these schools, such as Harvard Park Elementary School, which had only 8.6% of students proficient or better in ELA and 9.7% in Mathematics in the 2023-2024 school year.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

1015 New City Rd
Chatham, IL 62629-8005

(217) 483-2414

District: Ball Chatham CUSD 5

SchoolDigger Rank:
336^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,391

Students who attend Ball Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Glenwood Intermediate School
	Glenwood Middle School
High:	Glenwood High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.8

Number of students: 607

Racial breakdown:

White:

79.4%

African American:

6.9%

Two or more races:

6.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 27.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ball Elementary School ranks better than 83.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Ball Chatham CUSD 5 School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.26. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ball Elementary School is $11,391. 1 elementary schools in the Ball Chatham CUSD 5 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ball Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ball Elementary School 336^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Ball Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Ball Chatham CUSD 5:

SchoolDigger ranks Ball Chatham CUSD 5 187^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ball Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Ball Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2012	69.14	766^th	2166	64.6%
2013	80.84	380^th	2167	82.5%
2014	77.17	468^th	2093	77.6%
2015	74.38	442^nd	2052	78.5%
2016	65.09	645^th	2046	68.5%
2017	62.64	690^th	2044	66.2%
2018	60.46	754^th	2037	63.0%
2019	63.85	700^th	2086	66.4%
2021	58.49	682^nd	1948	65.0%
2022	66.63	622^nd	2082	70.1%
2023	61.94	711^th	2077	65.8%
2024	81.26	336^th	2067	83.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ball Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	36.97	690^th	1194	42.2%
2021	44.28	313^th	640	51.1%
2022	59.19	292^nd	1113	73.8%
2023	67.66	261^st	1156	77.4%
2024	67.31	280^th	1195	76.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ball Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.51	743^rd	1765	57.9%
2019	72.66	296^th	1816	83.7%
2021	27.94	1157^th	1514	23.6%
2022	56.66	622^nd	1763	64.7%
2023	58.43	606^th	1808	66.5%
2024	79.06	197^th	1793	89.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Ball Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	67.58	580^th	1964	70.5%
2019	57.98	784^th	2019	61.2%
2021	65.51	491^st	1680	70.8%
2022	71.50	491^st	1970	75.1%
2023	66.05	579^th	1957	70.4%
2024	72.81	460^th	1942	76.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Ball Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	80.76	95^th	907	89.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Ball Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.58	849^th	1972	56.9%
2019	68.19	567^th	2019	71.9%
2021	44.49	849^th	1707	50.3%
2022	59.18	699^th	1977	64.6%
2023	55.02	790^th	1984	60.2%
2024	85.85	236^th	1959	88.0%

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Rank History for White students at Ball Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	52.89	671^st	1463	54.1%
2019	51.38	703^rd	1462	51.9%
2021	43.94	704^th	1308	46.2%
2022	49.46	707^th	1425	50.4%
2023	40.96	858^th	1419	39.5%
2024	68.98	376^th	1392	73.0%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Ball Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	365	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	369
1990	611	4	9	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	628
1991	437	3	8	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
1992	458	1	8	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	467
1993	479	3	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	483
1994	503	7	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	517
1995	871	11	13	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	899
1996	871	11	13	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	899
1997	919	15	12	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	952
1998	898	17	17	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	937
1999	953	13	14	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	988
2000	962	31	13	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	1012
2001	995	36	20	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	1057
2002	526	29	18	2	5	n/a	n/a	0	580
2003	526	29	18	2	5	n/a	n/a	0	580
2004	512	31	16	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	566
2005	509	27	25	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	568
2006	511	34	23	10	2	n/a	n/a	0	580
2007	592	38	26	10	2	n/a	n/a	23	691
2008	578	33	30	12	1	n/a	n/a	32	686
2009	567	45	29	12	2	n/a	n/a	47	702
2010	551	43	29	12	2	n/a	n/a	47	684
2011	554	51	39	26	5	2	27	0	704
2012	525	59	23	23	3	2	26	0	661
2013	546	55	14	13	3	0	30	0	661
2014	533	54	18	20	0	0	33	0	658
2015	501	42	14	22	0	0	37	0	616
2016	494	55	29	18	0	0	47	0	643
2017	494	47	34	18	0	0	52	0	645
2018	492	43	31	27	1	0	59	0	653
2019	507	44	29	25	1	1	51	0	658
2020	509	43	29	25	0	1	57	0	664
2021	473	39	24	22	1	0	47	0	606
2022	474	36	22	19	3	0	44	0	598
2023	482	42	19	22	2	0	40	0	607

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ball Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	369	17.0	21.7	n/a
1990	628	17.0	36.9	n/a
1991	452	21.0	21.5	n/a
1992	467	21.3	21.9	n/a
1993	483	22.0	22.0	n/a
1994	517	23.0	22.5	n/a
1995	899	40.0	22.5	n/a
1996	899	40.0	22.5	n/a
1997	952	40.0	23.8	n/a
1998	937	40.5	23.1	n/a
1999	988	43.7	22.6	n/a
2000	1012	45.9	22.0	n/a
2001	1057	48.9	21.6	n/a
2002	580	32.5	17.8	10.9
2003	580	32.5	17.8	10.9
2004	566	31.5	18.0	11.3
2005	568	31.5	18.0	10.4
2006	580	33.5	17.3	11.2
2007	691	40.0	17.3	11.7
2008	686	34.0	20.2	12.1
2009	702	35.0	20.1	12.5
2010	684	35.0	19.5	13.7
2011	704	40.0	17.6	13.9
2012	661	39.3	16.7	18.5
2013	661	19.0	34.7	19.8
2014	658	29.0	22.6	28.4
2015	616	36.0	17.1	25.2
2016	643	32.0	20.0	22.1
2017	645	34.0	18.9	22.2
2018	653	32.5	20.0	21
2019	658	33.0	19.9	22.5
2020	664	34.5	19.2	21.4
2021	606	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	598	36.3	16.4	22.2
2023	607	36.0	16.8	27.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ball Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	369	17.0	21.7	n/a
1990	628	17.0	36.9	n/a
1991	452	21.0	21.5	n/a
1992	467	21.3	21.9	n/a
1993	483	22.0	22.0	n/a
1994	517	23.0	22.5	n/a
1995	899	40.0	22.5	n/a
1996	899	40.0	22.5	n/a
1997	952	40.0	23.8	n/a
1998	937	40.5	23.1	n/a
1999	988	43.7	22.6	n/a
2000	1012	45.9	22.0	n/a
2001	1057	48.9	21.6	n/a
2002	580	32.5	17.8	10.9
2003	580	32.5	17.8	10.9
2004	566	31.5	18.0	11.3
2005	568	31.5	18.0	10.4
2006	580	33.5	17.3	11.2
2007	691	40.0	17.3	11.7
2008	686	34.0	20.2	12.1
2009	702	35.0	20.1	12.5
2010	684	35.0	19.5	13.7
2011	704	40.0	17.6	13.9
2012	661	39.3	16.7	18.5
2013	661	19.0	34.7	19.8
2014	658	29.0	22.6	28.4
2015	616	36.0	17.1	25.2
2016	643	32.0	20.0	22.1
2017	645	34.0	18.9	22.2
2018	653	32.5	20.0	21
2019	658	33.0	19.9	22.5
2020	664	34.5	19.2	21.4
2021	606	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	598	36.3	16.4	22.2
2023	607	36.0	16.8	27.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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