Is Michael E Baum Elementary School a good school?

Michael E Baum Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.9% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Michael E Baum Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 297 students attended Michael E Baum Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Michael E Baum Elementary School?

Students at Michael E Baum Elementary School are 40% African American, 36% White, 17% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Michael E Baum Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Michael E Baum Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Stephen Decatur Middle School High : Eisenhower High School High : MacArthur High School

Michael E Baum Elementary School

Summary:

Michael E Baum Elementary School is a public elementary school in Decatur, Illinois, serving 297 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Decatur School District 61, which is ranked 806 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Michael E Baum Elementary School faces several challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 39.3% in 2020-2021 to 47.9% in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. The school's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) exams, is also consistently low compared to the state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 8.2% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide, and 5.9% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 28.4% statewide. The school's performance on the IAR exams varies significantly across different student subgroups, with 0% proficiency for White students, Low Socioeconomic Status students, and Disabled students in 2023-2024.

When comparing Michael E Baum Elementary School to other nearby schools in the Decatur School District, it becomes evident that the school is among the lowest-performing in the district. For instance, Montessori Academy for Peace and Johns Hill Magnet School have significantly higher academic performance and lower chronic absenteeism rates. The consistently low performance of Michael E Baum Elementary School, as well as other schools in the Decatur School District, raises concerns about the overall quality of education in the district, which has a ranking of 806 out of 813 in Illinois and a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Detail:

Public K-6

801 S Lake Ridge Ave
Decatur, IL 62521-4348

(217) 362-3521

District: Decatur School District 61

SchoolDigger Rank:
1903^rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,460

Students who attend Michael E Baum Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Stephen Decatur Middle School
High:	Eisenhower High School
	MacArthur High School

Student/teacher ratio: 18.5

Number of students: 297

Racial breakdown:

African American:

40.4%

White:

36.4%

Two or more races:

17.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 78.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Michael E Baum Elementary School ranks worse than 92.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 4^th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Decatur School District 61. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.73. (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 Michael E Baum Elementary School is $18,460. 5 elementary schools in the Decatur School District 61 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Michael E Baum Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Michael E Baum Elementary School 1903^rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Michael E Baum Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Decatur School District 61:

SchoolDigger ranks Decatur School District 61 806^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	58.36	1031^st	2020	49.0%
2004	50.43	1199^th	2030	40.9%
2005	51.43	1202^nd	2022	40.6%
2006	38.91	1527^th	2086	26.8%
2007	36.22	1572^nd	2095	25.0%
2008	43.60	1387^th	2092	33.7%
2009	45.67	1359^th	2120	35.9%
2010	51.32	1254^th	2139	41.4%
2011	48.50	1328^th	2147	38.1%
2012	51.71	1252^nd	2166	42.2%
2013	30.75	1577^th	2167	27.2%
2014	25.67	1640^th	2093	21.6%
2015	22.18	1653^rd	2052	19.4%
2016	13.32	1878^th	2046	8.2%
2017	20.36	1665^th	2044	18.5%
2018	17.53	1735^th	2037	14.8%
2019	16.04	1848^th	2086	11.4%
2021	15.46	1734^th	1948	11.0%
2022	14.78	1872^nd	2082	10.1%
2023	13.36	1930^th	2077	7.1%
2024	13.73	1903^rd	2067	7.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	6.44	89^th	89	0.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	38.50	660^th	1194	44.7%
2022	30.32	766^th	1113	31.2%
2023	23.25	970^th	1156	16.1%
2024	19.29	1090^th	1195	8.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.57	1377^th	1765	22.0%
2019	23.00	1570^th	1816	13.5%
2021	22.99	1300^th	1514	14.1%
2022	18.73	1627^th	1763	7.7%
2023	18.75	1662^nd	1808	8.1%
2024	16.69	1692^nd	1793	5.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.81	1621^st	1964	17.5%
2019	15.74	1802^nd	2019	10.7%
2021	11.61	1621^st	1680	3.5%
2022	16.18	1729^th	1970	12.2%
2023	10.01	1926^th	1957	1.6%
2024	13.95	1799^th	1942	7.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	26.49	696^th	886	21.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.58	1689^th	1972	14.4%
2019	18.80	1711^th	2019	15.3%
2021	19.20	1426^th	1707	16.5%
2022	15.85	1766^th	1977	10.7%
2023	14.00	1834^th	1984	7.6%
2024	16.05	1718^th	1959	12.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	34.45	448^th	698	35.8%
2019	34.28	471^st	711	33.8%
2022	32.58	463^rd	684	32.3%
2023	33.31	475^th	692	31.4%
2024	19.91	626^th	655	4.4%

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Rank History for White students at Michael E Baum Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.47	1375^th	1463	6.0%
2019	9.68	1403^rd	1462	4.0%
2021	10.41	1265^th	1308	3.3%
2022	6.71	1398^th	1425	1.9%
2023	6.40	1393^rd	1419	1.8%
2024	11.31	1315^th	1392	5.5%

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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 Michael E Baum Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	354	118	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	478
1989	344	107	4	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	459
1990	343	106	2	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	458
1991	337	122	2	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	467
1992	350	123	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	482
1993	327	125	4	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	460
1994	294	106	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	410
1995	291	73	4	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	371
1996	291	73	4	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	371
1997	280	78	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	363
1998	290	126	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	422
1999	269	136	0	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	412
2000	266	122	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	395
2001	256	96	3	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	360
2002	246	119	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	372
2003	246	119	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	372
2004	224	119	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	347
2005	236	95	2	5	0	n/a	n/a	28	366
2006	273	71	5	9	0	n/a	n/a	32	390
2007	265	102	3	9	0	n/a	n/a	30	409
2008	227	91	2	6	0	n/a	n/a	36	362
2009	257	88	4	6	1	n/a	n/a	30	386
2010	249	89	5	8	1	n/a	n/a	42	394
2011	254	90	2	11	2	0	36	0	395
2012	249	93	3	14	1	0	40	0	400
2013	245	115	3	11	0	0	38	0	412
2014	248	122	2	12	0	0	34	0	418
2015	243	125	3	9	1	0	38	0	419
2016	211	100	1	5	2	0	44	0	363
2017	178	87	1	5	2	0	47	0	320
2018	185	75	2	6	2	0	50	0	320
2019	169	81	2	10	2	0	52	0	316
2020	158	94	4	16	2	0	28	0	302
2021	122	86	1	12	3	0	46	0	270
2022	132	115	0	18	2	0	67	0	334
2023	108	120	1	15	2	0	51	0	297

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 Michael E Baum Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	478	21.5	22.2	n/a
1989	459	19.0	24.1	n/a
1990	458	19.5	23.4	n/a
1991	467	17.5	26.6	n/a
1992	482	18.5	26.0	n/a
1993	460	18.0	25.6	n/a
1994	410	20.0	20.5	n/a
1995	371	18.4	20.2	n/a
1996	371	18.4	20.2	n/a
1997	363	16.5	22.0	n/a
1998	422	19.9	21.2	n/a
1999	412	19.4	21.2	n/a
2000	395	19.5	20.3	n/a
2001	360	18.5	19.5	n/a
2002	372	18.2	20.4	50
2003	372	18.2	20.4	50
2004	347	18.2	19.1	56.2
2005	366	20.0	18.3	62.4
2006	390	21.0	18.6	64
2007	409	23.0	17.8	n/a
2008	362	20.0	18.1	77.9
2009	386	17.6	21.9	n/a
2010	394	17.5	22.5	n/a
2011	395	20.1	19.5	71.1
2012	400	20.1	19.8	67.8
2013	412	30.5	13.4	70.4
2014	418	21.8	19.1	79.4
2015	419	21.0	19.9	78
2016	363	17.0	21.3	74.9
2017	320	17.0	18.8	65.6
2018	320	19.2	16.6	72.2
2019	316	17.5	18.0	65.2
2020	302	15.0	20.1	79.5
2021	270	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	334	19.0	17.5	81.7
2023	297	16.0	18.5	78.1

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 Michael E Baum Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	478	21.5	22.2	n/a
1989	459	19.0	24.1	n/a
1990	458	19.5	23.4	n/a
1991	467	17.5	26.6	n/a
1992	482	18.5	26.0	n/a
1993	460	18.0	25.6	n/a
1994	410	20.0	20.5	n/a
1995	371	18.4	20.2	n/a
1996	371	18.4	20.2	n/a
1997	363	16.5	22.0	n/a
1998	422	19.9	21.2	n/a
1999	412	19.4	21.2	n/a
2000	395	19.5	20.3	n/a
2001	360	18.5	19.5	n/a
2002	372	18.2	20.4	50
2003	372	18.2	20.4	50
2004	347	18.2	19.1	56.2
2005	366	20.0	18.3	62.4
2006	390	21.0	18.6	64
2007	409	23.0	17.8	n/a
2008	362	20.0	18.1	77.9
2009	386	17.6	21.9	n/a
2010	394	17.5	22.5	n/a
2011	395	20.1	19.5	71.1
2012	400	20.1	19.8	67.8
2013	412	30.5	13.4	70.4
2014	418	21.8	19.1	79.4
2015	419	21.0	19.9	78
2016	363	17.0	21.3	74.9
2017	320	17.0	18.8	65.6
2018	320	19.2	16.6	72.2
2019	316	17.5	18.0	65.2
2020	302	15.0	20.1	79.5
2021	270	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	334	19.0	17.5	81.7
2023	297	16.0	18.5	78.1

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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