Lewis School

Summary:

Lewis School is an elementary school located in Carbondale, Illinois, serving grades 4-5 with a total enrollment of 300 students. The school is part of the Carbondale Education Service District 95, which is ranked 760 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past 10 years, Lewis School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a ranking between 1,300 and 1,600 out of around 2,000 schools.

The key challenges facing Lewis School include high chronic absenteeism rates, well-below-average academic performance in English Language Arts and Mathematics, and significant performance gaps between student subgroups. In 2023-2024, only 23.3% of students were proficient or better in ELA, and 10.3% were proficient or better in Math, compared to state averages of 41.2% and 28.4%, respectively. The school's performance varies greatly by student subgroup, with African American and Hispanic students performing better than White students, while students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds perform significantly worse.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Herrin CUSD 4 and Carterville CUSD 5 districts, such as Herrin C U S D 4 Elementary School and Tri-C Elementary School, have significantly higher academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism rates, despite serving similar student populations. This suggests that district-level factors, such as resource allocation and leadership, may play a significant role in shaping school outcomes.


Detail:

Public 4-5

 801 S Lewis Ln
       Carbondale, IL  62901-3408


(618) 457-5393

District: Carbondale Education Service District 95

SchoolDigger Rank:
1493rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,618 Help


Students who attend Lewis School usually attend:

Middle:    Carbondale Middle School
High:    Carbondale Community High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.8 Help
Number of students:  309

Racial breakdown:

African American:
49.5%
White:
21.7%
Two or more races:
12.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  71.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Lewis School ranks worse than 72.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.77. (See more...)
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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
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Compare Details Lewis School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Carbondale Education Service District 95. Student population at Lewis School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (49.5%), White (21.7%), two or more races (12.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 71.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Carbondale Education Service District 95. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lewis School is 11.8, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Carbondale Education Service District 95! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lewis School is $17,618, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Carbondale Education Service District 95!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lewis School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lewis School 1493rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Lewis School in the ranking list.)

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Carbondale Education Service District 95:

SchoolDigger ranks Carbondale Education Service District 95 760th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lewis School

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Rank History for all students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 43.29 1338th 2020 33.8%
2004 34.02 1514th 2030 25.4%
2005 29.25 1605th 2022 20.6%
2006 29.30 1669th 2086 20.0%
2007 29.30 1694th 2095 19.1%
2008 37.51 1500th 2092 28.3%
2009 31.56 1615th 2120 23.8%
2010 26.06 1716th 2139 19.8%
2011 24.22 1766th 2147 17.7%
2012 15.04 1942nd 2166 10.3%
2013 25.72 1688th 2167 22.1%
2014 33.75 1450th 2093 30.7%
2015 22.76 1636th 2052 20.3%
2016 25.41 1558th 2046 23.9%
2017 32.62 1343rd 2044 34.3%
2018 26.09 1518th 2037 25.5%
2019 34.33 1331st 2086 36.2%
2021 21.54 1526th 1948 21.7%
2022 30.52 1384th 2082 33.5%
2023 31.16 1370th 2077 34.0%
2024 26.77 1493rd 2067 27.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.69 38th 78 51.3%
2019 32.31 59th 89 33.7%
2021 23.04 29th 40 27.5%
2022 26.31 63rd 95 33.7%
2024 30.85 59th 93 36.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 64.92 128th 743 82.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.37 561st 763 26.5%
2019 23.11 1040th 1194 12.9%
2021 21.40 565th 640 11.7%
2022 22.15 1024th 1113 8.0%
2023 17.29 1112th 1156 3.8%
2024 16.05 1145th 1195 4.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.50 1519th 1765 13.9%
2019 31.63 1322nd 1816 27.2%
2021 30.84 1093rd 1514 27.8%
2022 38.11 1066th 1763 39.5%
2023 31.25 1289th 1808 28.7%
2024 29.28 1331st 1793 25.8%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 30.45 32nd 36 11.1%
2024 35.02 33rd 52 36.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.35 1552nd 1964 21.0%
2019 32.85 1327th 2019 34.3%
2021 21.36 1353rd 1680 19.5%
2022 33.73 1230th 1970 37.6%
2023 35.62 1190th 1957 39.2%
2024 24.54 1464th 1942 24.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 24.99 742nd 907 18.2%
2024 20.41 813th 886 8.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.35 1348th 1972 31.6%
2019 37.07 1217th 2019 39.7%
2021 20.84 1381st 1707 19.1%
2022 27.42 1374th 1977 30.5%
2023 27.41 1390th 1984 29.9%
2024 29.03 1343rd 1959 31.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.51 436th 698 37.5%
2019 48.41 294th 711 58.6%
2021 27.02 374th 428 12.6%
2022 51.32 244th 684 64.3%
2023 46.31 301st 692 56.5%
2024 37.31 399th 655 39.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.62 895th 938 4.6%
2019 35.03 637th 955 33.3%
2022 35.03 605th 954 36.6%
2023 26.41 779th 970 19.7%
2024 25.70 757th 959 21.1%
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Rank History for White students at Lewis School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.00 1041st 1463 28.8%
2019 47.62 774th 1462 47.1%
2021 32.42 934th 1308 28.6%
2022 39.92 887th 1425 37.8%
2023 29.47 1058th 1419 25.4%
2024 30.24 1020th 1392 26.7%
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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.

Lewis School Test Scores
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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Lewis School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 111 101 8 1 n/a n/a n/a 0 221
1990 130 94 14 5 3 n/a n/a 0 246
1991 136 101 8 4 0 n/a n/a 0 249
1992 121 106 8 3 0 n/a n/a 0 238
1993 131 99 10 4 1 n/a n/a 0 245
1994 140 95 20 3 0 n/a n/a 0 258
1995 105 110 8 10 0 n/a n/a 0 233
1996 105 110 8 10 0 n/a n/a 0 233
1997 126 109 6 10 0 n/a n/a 0 251
1998 112 131 5 4 0 n/a n/a 0 252
1999 112 117 4 2 0 n/a n/a 0 235
2000 98 132 7 4 0 n/a n/a 0 241
2001 94 142 8 3 0 n/a n/a 0 247
2002 79 150 11 20 0 n/a n/a 0 260
2003 79 150 11 20 0 n/a n/a 0 260
2004 98 158 13 12 0 n/a n/a 0 281
2005 99 162 11 16 2 n/a n/a 15 305
2006 85 133 10 16 0 n/a n/a 28 272
2007 67 129 14 9 0 n/a n/a 20 239
2008 66 126 14 11 0 n/a n/a 23 240
2009 70 119 14 16 0 n/a n/a 22 241
2010 81 128 15 20 0 n/a n/a 21 265
2011 77 126 11 8 13 0 28 0 263
2012 107 129 11 21 11 0 3 0 282
2013 123 136 9 32 3 0 4 0 307
2014 121 130 9 40 2 1 2 0 305
2015 99 144 10 36 1 1 5 0 296
2016 82 134 13 31 0 0 14 0 274
2017 83 123 11 32 0 0 20 0 269
2018 88 137 12 36 0 0 30 0 303
2019 86 151 9 35 0 1 36 0 318
2020 87 154 7 31 0 0 35 0 314
2021 74 164 4 36 0 0 36 0 314
2022 73 160 8 31 0 0 34 0 306
2023 62 163 10 32 0 0 33 0 300
2024 67 153 12 37 0 0 40 0 309

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 Lewis School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 221 16.0 13.8 n/a
1990 246 15.0 16.4 n/a
1991 249 16.0 15.5 n/a
1992 238 16.0 14.8 n/a
1993 245 16.5 14.8 n/a
1994 258 15.0 17.2 n/a
1995 233 15.0 15.5 n/a
1996 233 15.0 15.5 n/a
1997 251 17.5 14.3 n/a
1998 252 16.9 14.9 n/a
1999 235 16.0 14.7 n/a
2000 241 15.0 16.1 n/a
2001 247 18.0 13.7 n/a
2002 260 18.0 14.4 75.8
2003 260 18.0 14.4 75.8
2004 281 19.5 14.4 n/a
2005 305 21.0 14.5 72.1
2006 272 21.0 13.0 77
2007 239 24.0 10.0 73.5
2008 240 17.0 14.1 75.1
2009 241 20.0 12.1 80.4
2010 265 21.0 12.6 81.6
2011 263 19.5 13.4 78.7
2012 282 22.0 12.8 74.8
2013 307 18.0 17.0 74.6
2014 305 18.0 16.9 64.6
2015 296 20.0 14.8 60.1
2016 274 22.0 12.4 57.7
2017 269 23.1 11.6 12.3
2018 303 26.5 11.4 42.6
2019 318 24.7 12.8 69.8
2020 314 25.1 12.5 44.9
2021 314 n/a n/a n/a
2022 306 26.0 11.7 54.6
2023 300 25.3 11.8 52
2024 309 26.0 11.8 71.5

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 Lewis School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 221 16.0 13.8 n/a
1990 246 15.0 16.4 n/a
1991 249 16.0 15.5 n/a
1992 238 16.0 14.8 n/a
1993 245 16.5 14.8 n/a
1994 258 15.0 17.2 n/a
1995 233 15.0 15.5 n/a
1996 233 15.0 15.5 n/a
1997 251 17.5 14.3 n/a
1998 252 16.9 14.9 n/a
1999 235 16.0 14.7 n/a
2000 241 15.0 16.1 n/a
2001 247 18.0 13.7 n/a
2002 260 18.0 14.4 75.8
2003 260 18.0 14.4 75.8
2004 281 19.5 14.4 n/a
2005 305 21.0 14.5 72.1
2006 272 21.0 13.0 77
2007 239 24.0 10.0 73.5
2008 240 17.0 14.1 75.1
2009 241 20.0 12.1 80.4
2010 265 21.0 12.6 81.6
2011 263 19.5 13.4 78.7
2012 282 22.0 12.8 74.8
2013 307 18.0 17.0 74.6
2014 305 18.0 16.9 64.6
2015 296 20.0 14.8 60.1
2016 274 22.0 12.4 57.7
2017 269 23.1 11.6 12.3
2018 303 26.5 11.4 42.6
2019 318 24.7 12.8 69.8
2020 314 25.1 12.5 44.9
2021 314 n/a n/a n/a
2022 306 26.0 11.7 54.6
2023 300 25.3 11.8 52
2024 309 26.0 11.8 71.5

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.

Immunization Rates

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaVaricellaDTPHepatitis B
201598.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%98.7%
201677.5%78.9%78.9%78.9%85.6%84.5%
201787.3%86.2%86.6%86.6%88.4%88.1%
201896.8%98.1%98.1%98.1%97.4%97.7%
201998.2%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.8%97.9%
202196.8%96.8%96.8%96.8%95.5%97.4%98.7%
202296.4%97.1%97.1%97.1%96.8%96.8%100.0%
202399.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%
202495.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lewis School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $808 (6.3%) $12,096 (93.7%) $12,904
2020 $2,762 (17.8%) $12,784 (82.2%) $15,546
2021 $2,919 (17.2%) $14,003 (82.8%) $16,922
2022 $2,919 (17.2%) $14,003 (82.8%) $16,922
2023 $2,194 (13.2%) $14,416 (86.8%) $16,609
2024 $2,403 (13.6%) $15,215 (86.4%) $17,618

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lewis School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1331st of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1370th of 2077 Elementary schools
 2.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts (Lewis School)2617.2
 8.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Carbondale Education Service District 95)2617.2
 8.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Lewis School)17.79.3
 8.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Carbondale Education Service District 95)17.79.3
 8.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Lewis School)29.830.4
 0.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Carbondale Education Service District 95)29.830.4
 0.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Lewis School)17.98.3
 9.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Carbondale Education Service District 95)17.98.3
 9.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Lewis School)49.446.1
 3.3%
   5th Grade Science (Carbondale Education Service District 95)49.446.1
 3.3%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students318300
 5.7%
African American151163
 7.9%
American Indian00
Asian910
 11.1%
Hispanic3532
 8.6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White8662
 27.9%
Two or More Races3633
 8.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients69.8%52%
 17.8%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 309 students attended Lewis School.

Lewis School ranks 1493rd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Lewis School are 50% African American, 22% White, 13% Two or more races, 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian.

Students who attend Lewis School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Carbondale Middle School
High : Carbondale Community High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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