Is Abraham Lincoln Elementary School a good school?

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School ranks 1540 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 512 students attended Abraham Lincoln Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Abraham Lincoln Elementary School?

Students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School are 63% African American, 25% White, 6% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Abraham Lincoln Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : West Junior High School

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Summary:

Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Belleville, Illinois, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 512 students. The school is part of the Belleville School District 118, which is ranked 480 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's efforts, Abraham Lincoln Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1,318 and 1,707 out of over 2,000 schools in recent years. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state and district averages, with only 23.8% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 8.5% in Mathematics, compared to 41.2% and 28.4% statewide, respectively. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as White students and students with disabilities, who rank in the bottom 20-25% of Illinois elementary schools. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 8.2% in the 2019-2020 school year to 34.7% in the 2023-2024 school year, much higher than the state and district averages.

Comparing Abraham Lincoln Elementary to nearby schools, such as Roosevelt Elementary, Franklin Elementary, and Henry Raab Elementary, highlights the unique challenges faced by Abraham Lincoln Elementary. While these nearby schools generally perform better academically, some other nearby schools, such as Ellis Elementary and William Holliday Elementary, also struggle with low academic performance, similar to Abraham Lincoln Elementary. The significant increase in chronic absenteeism at Abraham Lincoln Elementary is concerning and warrants further investigation to understand the underlying factors contributing to this trend.

Detail:

Public K-6

820 Royal Heights Rd
Belleville, IL 62226-5704

(618) 233-2414

District: Belleville School District 118

SchoolDigger Rank:
1540^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,119

Students who attend Abraham Lincoln Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:

West Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 15.1

Number of students: 512

Racial breakdown:

African American:

63.5%

White:

25.4%

Two or more races:

6.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 78.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Abraham Lincoln Elementary School ranks worse than 74.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 7^th among 8 ranked elementary schools in the Belleville School District 118. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.18. (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.

Student Body

Compare Details Abraham Lincoln Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Belleville School District 118. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School is $17,119, which is the lowest among 8 elementary schools in the Belleville School District 118!

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Abraham Lincoln Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Abraham Lincoln Elementary School 1540^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Belleville School District 118:

SchoolDigger ranks Belleville School District 118 480^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	81.81	289^th	2020	85.7%
2004	77.17	439^th	2030	78.4%
2005	81.39	267^th	2022	86.8%
2006	69.81	708^th	2086	66.1%
2007	57.40	1127^th	2095	46.2%
2008	75.74	507^th	2092	75.8%
2009	63.28	954^th	2120	55.0%
2010	62.00	998^th	2139	53.3%
2011	63.54	939^th	2147	56.3%
2012	61.33	1012^th	2166	53.3%
2013	49.47	1165^th	2167	46.2%
2014	37.38	1371^st	2093	34.5%
2015	28.68	1452^nd	2052	29.2%
2016	38.13	1214^th	2046	40.7%
2017	43.14	1088^th	2044	46.8%
2018	34.25	1318^th	2037	35.3%
2019	33.93	1348^th	2086	35.4%
2021	25.91	1388^th	1948	28.7%
2022	20.08	1660^th	2082	20.3%
2023	19.17	1707^th	2077	17.8%
2024	25.18	1540^th	2067	25.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.97	160^th	763	79.0%
2019	45.50	526^th	1194	55.9%
2021	30.86	430^th	640	32.8%
2022	25.20	916^th	1113	17.7%
2023	18.08	1102^nd	1156	4.7%
2024	20.98	1048^th	1195	12.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.62	1042^nd	1765	41.0%
2019	46.20	933^rd	1816	48.6%
2021	35.93	965^th	1514	36.3%
2022	27.58	1352^nd	1763	23.3%
2023	25.16	1474^th	1808	18.5%
2024	38.30	1103^rd	1793	38.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	65.33	6^th	24	75.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.69	1289^th	1964	34.4%
2019	40.12	1167^th	2019	42.2%
2021	23.60	1285^th	1680	23.5%
2022	22.22	1528^th	1970	22.4%
2023	19.23	1625^th	1957	17.0%
2024	21.62	1538^th	1942	20.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	21.62	822^nd	907	9.4%
2024	28.70	658^th	886	25.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.76	1220^th	1972	38.1%
2019	29.78	1411^th	2019	30.1%
2021	25.89	1239^th	1707	27.4%
2022	19.89	1601^st	1977	19.0%
2023	19.95	1600^th	1984	19.4%
2024	28.97	1346^th	1959	31.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.14	223^rd	698	68.1%
2019	53.72	252^nd	711	64.6%
2021	41.87	194^th	428	54.7%
2022	34.05	440^th	684	35.7%
2023	30.08	521^st	692	24.7%
2024	40.57	362^nd	655	44.7%

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Rank History for White students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	56.08	615^th	1463	58.0%
2019	39.78	920^th	1462	37.1%
2021	27.23	1020^th	1308	22.0%
2022	13.58	1324^th	1425	7.1%
2023	15.16	1283^rd	1419	9.6%
2024	20.26	1182^nd	1392	15.1%

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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 Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	260	19	8	1	3	n/a	n/a	0	291
1989	267	24	5	3	3	n/a	n/a	0	302
1990	262	31	2	1	2	n/a	n/a	0	298
1991	275	39	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	318
1992	333	61	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	397
1993	341	75	6	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	422
1994	309	80	8	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	401
1995	292	139	10	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	444
1996	292	139	10	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	444
1997	299	150	6	4	3	n/a	n/a	0	462
1998	290	157	14	2	2	n/a	n/a	0	465
1999	264	147	12	6	4	n/a	n/a	0	433
2000	250	152	13	4	3	n/a	n/a	0	422
2001	231	175	14	4	2	n/a	n/a	0	426
2002	212	187	5	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	416
2003	212	187	5	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	416
2004	199	209	11	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	434
2005	203	214	9	15	0	n/a	n/a	19	460
2006	198	196	3	21	0	n/a	n/a	22	440
2007	180	206	6	21	0	n/a	n/a	27	440
2008	164	202	5	24	0	n/a	n/a	36	431
2009	168	232	8	22	0	n/a	n/a	49	479
2010	156	205	8	20	0	n/a	n/a	38	427
2011	170	242	8	13	1	0	37	0	471
2012	145	271	6	16	0	1	26	0	465
2013	142	282	1	18	0	1	27	0	471
2014	136	291	0	16	0	3	26	0	472
2015	138	309	2	19	0	3	33	0	504
2016	141	330	4	21	0	2	28	0	526
2017	143	342	5	22	1	1	35	0	549
2018	144	362	6	27	3	0	34	0	576
2019	132	357	6	23	1	0	36	0	555
2020	126	351	6	29	1	0	42	0	555
2021	133	358	4	28	2	1	42	0	568
2022	131	349	3	25	2	1	34	0	545
2023	130	325	5	19	0	0	33	0	512

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 Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	291	14.0	20.7	n/a
1989	302	14.0	21.5	n/a
1990	298	15.0	19.8	n/a
1991	318	17.0	18.7	n/a
1992	397	17.0	23.3	n/a
1993	422	18.0	23.4	n/a
1994	401	19.0	21.1	n/a
1995	444	21.0	21.1	n/a
1996	444	21.0	21.1	n/a
1997	462	22.0	21.0	n/a
1998	465	21.0	22.1	n/a
1999	433	21.0	20.6	n/a
2000	422	23.0	18.3	n/a
2001	426	20.0	21.3	n/a
2002	416	20.6	20.2	49.3
2003	416	20.6	20.2	49.3
2004	434	18.6	23.3	47.5
2005	460	20.6	22.3	52.6
2006	440	17.7	24.9	52.9
2007	440	19.0	23.2	55.9
2008	431	20.0	21.6	55.4
2009	479	24.0	20.0	65.6
2010	427	26.0	16.4	82
2011	471	26.0	18.1	60.7
2012	465	26.2	17.7	68.2
2013	471	27.3	17.2	70.9
2014	472	23.0	20.5	68.6
2015	504	27.0	18.6	74.4
2016	526	29.0	18.1	78.1
2017	549	26.0	21.1	76
2018	576	29.4	19.5	75.3
2019	555	30.2	18.3	79.5
2020	555	32.0	17.3	77.1
2021	568	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	545	33.8	16.1	79.4
2023	512	33.7	15.1	78.9

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 Abraham Lincoln Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	291	14.0	20.7	n/a
1989	302	14.0	21.5	n/a
1990	298	15.0	19.8	n/a
1991	318	17.0	18.7	n/a
1992	397	17.0	23.3	n/a
1993	422	18.0	23.4	n/a
1994	401	19.0	21.1	n/a
1995	444	21.0	21.1	n/a
1996	444	21.0	21.1	n/a
1997	462	22.0	21.0	n/a
1998	465	21.0	22.1	n/a
1999	433	21.0	20.6	n/a
2000	422	23.0	18.3	n/a
2001	426	20.0	21.3	n/a
2002	416	20.6	20.2	49.3
2003	416	20.6	20.2	49.3
2004	434	18.6	23.3	47.5
2005	460	20.6	22.3	52.6
2006	440	17.7	24.9	52.9
2007	440	19.0	23.2	55.9
2008	431	20.0	21.6	55.4
2009	479	24.0	20.0	65.6
2010	427	26.0	16.4	82
2011	471	26.0	18.1	60.7
2012	465	26.2	17.7	68.2
2013	471	27.3	17.2	70.9
2014	472	23.0	20.5	68.6
2015	504	27.0	18.6	74.4
2016	526	29.0	18.1	78.1
2017	549	26.0	21.1	76
2018	576	29.4	19.5	75.3
2019	555	30.2	18.3	79.5
2020	555	32.0	17.3	77.1
2021	568	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	545	33.8	16.1	79.4
2023	512	33.7	15.1	78.9

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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