Is Sandburg Elementary School a good school?

Sandburg Elementary School ranks 685 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sandburg Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 278 students attended Sandburg Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Sandburg Elementary School?

Students at Sandburg Elementary School are 43% African American, 39% White, 9% Two or more races, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Sandburg Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Sandburg Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Benjamin Franklin Middle School High : Springfield Southeast High School

Sandburg Elementary School

Summary:

Sandburg Elementary School is a public elementary school in Springfield, Illinois, serving 281 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Springfield School District 186, which is ranked 675 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sandburg Elementary School consistently outperforms the Springfield School District and the state of Illinois in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, Sandburg's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (48.5%) and Mathematics (29.2%) were significantly higher than the district (25.9% and 16.5%) and state (41.2% and 28.4%) averages. The school's 5th-grade students performed exceptionally well, with 64% proficient or better in ELA and 26% in Mathematics, compared to the district's 28.3% and 15.1%, respectively. Sandburg's science proficiency rate for all grades in 2023-2024 was 64%, much higher than the district (39.2%) and state (53.2%) averages.

Sandburg Elementary School has a strong performance among specific student subgroups, particularly African American and Special Education students. In the 2023-2024 school year, Sandburg's African American students ranked 134th out of 655 Illinois elementary schools, with a 4-star rating, and the school's Special Education students ranked 203rd out of 1,195 Illinois elementary schools, also with a 4-star rating. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 27.2% in 2023-2024 is still higher than the state average, though lower than some nearby schools, such as Harvard Park (51.5%) and Jane Addams (50.5%).

Detail:

Public K-5

2051 Wabash Ave
Springfield, IL 62704-5305

(217) 787-3112

District: Springfield School District 186

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,695

Students who attend Sandburg Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Benjamin Franklin Middle School
High:	Springfield Southeast High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.6

Number of students: 278

Racial breakdown:

African American:

43.2%

White:

39.2%

Two or more races:

9.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 47.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sandburg Elementary School ranks better than 66.9% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3^rd among 21 ranked elementary schools in the Springfield School District 186. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 62.69. (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 Racial makeup is: African American (43.2%), White (39.2%), two or more races (9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 47.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sandburg Elementary School is 14.6. 14 elementary schools in the Springfield School District 186 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Sandburg Elementary School employs 19 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sandburg Elementary School is $20,695. 18 elementary schools in the Springfield School District 186 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sandburg Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sandburg Elementary School 685^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Sandburg Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Springfield School District 186:

SchoolDigger ranks Springfield School District 186 675^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sandburg Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Sandburg Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	72.84	627^th	2020	69.0%
2004	73.41	582^nd	2030	71.3%
2005	61.15	957^th	2022	52.7%
2006	60.52	1038^th	2086	50.2%
2007	67.65	791^st	2095	62.2%
2008	68.56	783^rd	2092	62.6%
2009	62.61	976^th	2120	54.0%
2010	56.64	1129^th	2139	47.2%
2011	51.26	1254^th	2147	41.6%
2012	66.21	860^th	2166	60.3%
2013	60.27	936^th	2167	56.8%
2014	71.35	598^th	2093	71.4%
2015	74.09	453^rd	2052	77.9%
2016	85.38	268^th	2046	86.9%
2017	80.37	362^nd	2044	82.3%
2018	80.02	364^th	2037	82.1%
2019	76.80	420^th	2086	79.9%
2021	68.29	526^th	1948	73.0%
2022	74.20	496^th	2082	76.2%
2023	63.51	681^st	2077	67.2%
2024	62.69	685^th	2067	66.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sandburg Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	50.70	44^th	93	52.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sandburg Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	64.33	283^rd	1194	76.3%
2022	93.24	33^rd	1113	97.0%
2024	74.07	203^rd	1195	83.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.82	185^th	1765	89.5%
2019	65.16	451^st	1816	75.2%
2021	63.49	357^th	1514	76.4%
2022	61.99	492^nd	1763	72.1%
2023	65.00	448^th	1808	75.2%
2024	62.46	501^st	1793	72.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Sandburg Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	72.39	488^th	1964	75.2%
2019	64.65	651^st	2019	67.8%
2021	40.00	925^th	1680	44.9%
2022	64.27	624^th	1970	68.3%
2023	63.86	619^th	1957	68.4%
2024	74.20	433^rd	1942	77.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Sandburg Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	84.28	247^th	1972	87.5%
2019	84.99	236^th	2019	88.3%
2021	76.63	321^st	1707	81.2%
2022	79.55	344^th	1977	82.6%
2023	61.37	644^th	1984	67.5%
2024	50.96	855^th	1959	56.4%

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Rank History for African American students at Sandburg Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.05	42^nd	698	94.0%
2019	77.14	79^th	711	88.9%
2022	77.66	64^th	684	90.6%
2023	69.77	107^th	692	84.5%
2024	66.03	134^th	655	79.5%

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Rank History for White students at Sandburg Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.64	230^th	1463	84.3%
2019	80.46	204^th	1462	86.0%
2021	62.75	438^th	1308	66.5%
2022	85.57	127^th	1425	91.1%
2023	68.44	364^th	1419	74.3%
2024	65.02	434^th	1392	68.8%

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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 Sandburg Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	246	50	22	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	323
1990	268	58	15	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	346
1991	278	68	13	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	364
1992	307	106	11	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	426
1993	285	119	11	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	418
1994	279	108	12	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	401
1995	203	50	7	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	265
1996	203	50	7	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	265
1997	176	44	9	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	233
1998	168	63	8	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	243
1999	157	51	9	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	218
2000	146	65	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	216
2001	142	85	8	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	238
2002	163	83	15	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	263
2003	163	83	15	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	263
2004	155	86	12	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	257
2005	142	80	14	4	0	n/a	n/a	28	268
2006	143	96	10	5	0	n/a	n/a	24	278
2007	149	66	8	2	0	n/a	n/a	24	249
2008	151	76	8	6	0	n/a	n/a	24	265
2009	147	74	8	6	0	n/a	n/a	29	264
2010	155	82	11	8	1	n/a	n/a	34	291
2011	157	83	10	11	1	0	21	0	283
2012	167	82	7	8	2	1	26	0	293
2013	149	81	9	8	0	0	27	0	274
2014	148	95	11	11	0	0	30	0	295
2015	148	107	8	15	0	0	31	0	309
2016	140	96	17	14	0	0	40	0	307
2017	136	111	10	12	0	0	42	0	311
2018	119	95	8	12	1	0	40	0	275
2019	130	99	9	12	0	2	34	0	286
2020	112	92	10	10	4	1	37	0	266
2021	123	101	10	9	4	0	42	0	289
2022	110	94	11	10	0	0	36	0	261
2023	117	104	13	8	0	0	39	0	281
2024	109	120	13	10	1	0	25	0	278

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 Sandburg Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	323	14.0	23.0	n/a
1990	346	15.5	22.3	n/a
1991	364	16.1	22.6	n/a
1992	426	18.0	23.6	n/a
1993	418	17.0	24.6	n/a
1994	401	17.1	23.5	n/a
1995	265	13.0	20.4	n/a
1996	265	13.0	20.4	n/a
1997	233	12.0	19.4	n/a
1998	243	14.0	17.4	n/a
1999	218	14.0	15.6	n/a
2000	216	14.0	15.4	n/a
2001	238	15.2	15.7	n/a
2002	263	15.0	17.5	34.2
2003	263	15.0	17.5	34.2
2004	257	17.0	15.1	35
2005	268	16.5	16.2	45.4
2006	278	16.5	16.8	48.8
2007	249	17.0	14.6	48.9
2008	265	16.0	16.6	50.6
2009	264	20.0	13.2	53.2
2010	291	20.0	14.5	57.2
2011	283	18.0	15.7	48.1
2012	293	15.0	19.5	39.2
2013	274	21.9	12.4	41.6
2014	295	17.5	16.8	47.1
2015	309	16.0	19.3	56
2016	307	16.0	19.1	41
2017	311	17.8	17.4	49.5
2018	275	16.3	16.8	56.4
2019	286	18.0	15.8	41.6
2020	266	18.0	14.7	50
2021	289	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	261	17.0	15.3	47.5
2023	281	18.0	15.6	44.8
2024	278	19.0	14.6	47.1

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 Sandburg Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	323	14.0	23.0	n/a
1990	346	15.5	22.3	n/a
1991	364	16.1	22.6	n/a
1992	426	18.0	23.6	n/a
1993	418	17.0	24.6	n/a
1994	401	17.1	23.5	n/a
1995	265	13.0	20.4	n/a
1996	265	13.0	20.4	n/a
1997	233	12.0	19.4	n/a
1998	243	14.0	17.4	n/a
1999	218	14.0	15.6	n/a
2000	216	14.0	15.4	n/a
2001	238	15.2	15.7	n/a
2002	263	15.0	17.5	34.2
2003	263	15.0	17.5	34.2
2004	257	17.0	15.1	35
2005	268	16.5	16.2	45.4
2006	278	16.5	16.8	48.8
2007	249	17.0	14.6	48.9
2008	265	16.0	16.6	50.6
2009	264	20.0	13.2	53.2
2010	291	20.0	14.5	57.2
2011	283	18.0	15.7	48.1
2012	293	15.0	19.5	39.2
2013	274	21.9	12.4	41.6
2014	295	17.5	16.8	47.1
2015	309	16.0	19.3	56
2016	307	16.0	19.1	41
2017	311	17.8	17.4	49.5
2018	275	16.3	16.8	56.4
2019	286	18.0	15.8	41.6
2020	266	18.0	14.7	50
2021	289	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	261	17.0	15.3	47.5
2023	281	18.0	15.6	44.8
2024	278	19.0	14.6	47.1

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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