Is Harvard Park Elementary School a good school?

Harvard Park Elementary School ranks in the bottom 5.3% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Harvard Park Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 349 students attended Harvard Park Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Harvard Park Elementary School?

Students at Harvard Park Elementary School are 60% African American, 26% White, 12% Two or more races, 1% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Harvard Park Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Harvard Park Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Jefferson Middle School High : Springfield Southeast High School

Harvard Park Elementary School

Summary:

Harvard Park Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Springfield, Illinois, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 346 students. 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.

Harvard Park Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois elementary schools, with a statewide rank between 1809 and 1983 out of around 2,000 schools. The school's performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state and district averages, with only 8.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, 7% of 3rd graders proficient or better in Mathematics, and 18.2% proficient or better in Science. The school also has a high percentage of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with 78.03% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and a high percentage of African American students and students with disabilities.

Nearby schools, such as Butler Elementary School and Matheny-Withrow Elementary School, also perform below the state and district averages, but not to the same extent as Harvard Park Elementary School. Harvard Park has a relatively high per-student spending of $19,904, but a lower student-teacher ratio of 11.5, suggesting that the higher spending may not be translating into improved academic outcomes. To improve the school's performance, the district should consider implementing targeted interventions, addressing chronic absenteeism, and evaluating the school's resource allocation.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

2501 S 11th St
Springfield, IL 62703-3903

(217) 525-3214

District: Springfield School District 186

SchoolDigger Rank:
1958^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,018

Students who attend Harvard Park Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Jefferson Middle School
High:	Springfield Southeast High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.2

Number of students: 349

Racial breakdown:

African American:

59.9%

White:

25.8%

Two or more races:

12.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 79.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Harvard Park Elementary School ranks worse than 94.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 19^th among 21 ranked elementary schools in the Springfield School District 186. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.46. (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 Student population at Harvard Park Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (59.9%), White (25.8%), two or more races (12.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 79.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harvard Park Elementary School is 11.2, which is the 5^th best among 21 elementary schools in the Springfield School District 186. (See more...)

Compare Harvard Park Elementary School employs 31 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harvard Park Elementary School is $22,018, which is the 10^th highest among 21 elementary schools in the Springfield School District 186.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Harvard Park Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Harvard Park Elementary School 1958^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Harvard Park Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Disabled students:

Male students:

African American students:

White students:

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 Harvard Park Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Harvard Park Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	18.41	1685^th	2020	16.6%
2004	12.93	1791^st	2030	11.8%
2005	9.30	1830^th	2022	9.5%
2006	26.89	1709^th	2086	18.1%
2007	23.21	1773^rd	2095	15.4%
2008	18.41	1806^th	2092	13.7%
2009	6.19	2019^th	2120	4.8%
2010	9.11	1991^st	2139	6.9%
2011	7.41	2042^nd	2147	4.9%
2012	11.43	2008^th	2166	7.3%
2013	17.75	1858^th	2167	14.3%
2014	13.77	1873^rd	2093	10.5%
2015	14.47	1856^th	2052	9.6%
2016	23.42	1605^th	2046	21.6%
2017	13.55	1855^th	2044	9.2%
2018	10.36	1952^nd	2037	4.2%
2019	13.57	1915^th	2086	8.2%
2021	14.05	1809^th	1948	7.1%
2022	12.32	1983^rd	2082	4.8%
2023	12.33	1957^th	2077	5.8%
2024	12.46	1958^th	2067	5.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Harvard Park Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.68	671^st	763	12.1%
2019	23.26	1033^rd	1194	13.5%
2022	20.91	1071^st	1113	3.8%
2023	19.85	1063^rd	1156	8.0%
2024	15.70	1161^st	1195	2.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harvard Park Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.62	1674^th	1765	5.2%
2019	18.03	1680^th	1816	7.5%
2021	20.57	1376^th	1514	9.1%
2022	19.42	1597^th	1763	9.4%
2023	18.79	1661^st	1808	8.1%
2024	18.69	1642^nd	1793	8.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Harvard Park Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.32	1867^th	1964	4.9%
2019	13.17	1868^th	2019	7.5%
2021	11.93	1614^th	1680	3.9%
2022	13.02	1855^th	1970	5.8%
2023	11.76	1878^th	1957	4.0%
2024	12.84	1839^th	1942	5.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Harvard Park Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	19.32	886^th	907	2.3%
2024	19.69	852^nd	886	3.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Harvard Park Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.69	1906^th	1972	3.3%
2019	15.19	1830^th	2019	9.4%
2021	15.02	1568^th	1707	8.1%
2022	13.59	1861^st	1977	5.9%
2023	14.66	1808^th	1984	8.9%
2024	13.47	1822^nd	1959	7.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Harvard Park Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.20	687^th	698	1.6%
2019	27.04	581^st	711	18.3%
2021	25.05	399^th	428	6.8%
2022	24.61	619^th	684	9.5%
2023	21.95	647^th	692	6.5%
2024	27.87	522^nd	655	20.3%

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Rank History for White students at Harvard Park Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	8.46	1417^th	1463	3.1%
2019	15.22	1332^nd	1462	8.9%
2021	11.47	1249^th	1308	4.5%
2022	8.81	1378^th	1425	3.3%
2023	12.97	1323^rd	1419	6.8%
2024	5.32	1373^rd	1392	1.4%

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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 Harvard Park Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	351	139	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	490
1990	366	147	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	514
1991	352	153	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	508
1992	343	163	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	508
1993	325	170	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	500
1994	314	164	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	482
1995	270	167	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	443
1996	270	167	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	443
1997	234	176	1	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	416
1998	236	180	3	3	2	n/a	n/a	0	424
1999	213	169	4	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	393
2000	211	187	4	4	2	n/a	n/a	0	408
2001	183	170	4	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	364
2002	191	199	4	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	398
2003	191	199	4	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	398
2004	185	178	5	4	2	n/a	n/a	0	374
2005	182	147	6	2	3	n/a	n/a	23	363
2006	181	145	8	6	2	n/a	n/a	29	371
2007	179	166	5	5	1	n/a	n/a	31	387
2008	158	175	5	5	1	n/a	n/a	33	377
2009	182	191	3	5	0	n/a	n/a	36	417
2010	170	159	2	4	2	n/a	n/a	30	367
2011	162	157	1	17	0	0	39	0	376
2012	169	176	0	20	0	0	43	0	408
2013	137	208	2	14	0	0	41	0	402
2014	153	253	0	7	0	0	51	0	464
2015	137	218	0	14	0	0	64	0	433
2016	131	200	6	13	1	0	54	0	405
2017	123	231	2	8	1	0	53	0	418
2018	116	222	1	14	2	0	56	0	411
2019	103	185	1	16	1	0	41	0	347
2020	94	207	0	12	2	0	35	0	350
2021	114	208	1	11	2	0	55	0	391
2022	107	250	1	13	3	0	56	0	430
2023	81	208	1	8	3	0	45	0	346
2024	90	209	1	5	1	0	43	0	349

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 Harvard Park Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	490	26.0	18.8	n/a
1990	514	29.7	17.3	n/a
1991	508	28.5	17.8	n/a
1992	508	29.9	16.9	n/a
1993	500	28.5	17.5	n/a
1994	482	26.9	17.9	n/a
1995	443	29.9	14.8	n/a
1996	443	29.9	14.8	n/a
1997	416	30.0	13.9	n/a
1998	424	26.4	16.1	n/a
1999	393	29.0	13.6	n/a
2000	408	28.5	14.3	n/a
2001	364	30.5	11.9	n/a
2002	398	34.8	11.4	85.9
2003	398	34.8	11.4	85.9
2004	374	35.3	10.6	82.1
2005	363	29.8	12.2	91.5
2006	371	27.6	13.4	86.5
2007	387	32.0	12.1	97.5
2008	377	29.0	13.0	89.8
2009	417	33.5	12.4	96.3
2010	367	32.1	11.4	92.3
2011	376	30.1	12.4	81.4
2012	408	28.6	14.2	82.8
2013	402	30.9	12.9	89.1
2014	464	28.6	16.2	85.8
2015	433	29.0	14.9	91.5
2016	405	29.0	13.9	79.8
2017	418	28.7	14.5	84.2
2018	411	30.7	13.3	91.5
2019	347	31.0	11.1	74.9
2020	350	31.0	11.2	80.6
2021	391	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	430	29.1	14.7	71.6
2023	346	30.0	11.5	78
2024	349	31.0	11.2	79.4

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 Harvard Park Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	490	26.0	18.8	n/a
1990	514	29.7	17.3	n/a
1991	508	28.5	17.8	n/a
1992	508	29.9	16.9	n/a
1993	500	28.5	17.5	n/a
1994	482	26.9	17.9	n/a
1995	443	29.9	14.8	n/a
1996	443	29.9	14.8	n/a
1997	416	30.0	13.9	n/a
1998	424	26.4	16.1	n/a
1999	393	29.0	13.6	n/a
2000	408	28.5	14.3	n/a
2001	364	30.5	11.9	n/a
2002	398	34.8	11.4	85.9
2003	398	34.8	11.4	85.9
2004	374	35.3	10.6	82.1
2005	363	29.8	12.2	91.5
2006	371	27.6	13.4	86.5
2007	387	32.0	12.1	97.5
2008	377	29.0	13.0	89.8
2009	417	33.5	12.4	96.3
2010	367	32.1	11.4	92.3
2011	376	30.1	12.4	81.4
2012	408	28.6	14.2	82.8
2013	402	30.9	12.9	89.1
2014	464	28.6	16.2	85.8
2015	433	29.0	14.9	91.5
2016	405	29.0	13.9	79.8
2017	418	28.7	14.5	84.2
2018	411	30.7	13.3	91.5
2019	347	31.0	11.1	74.9
2020	350	31.0	11.2	80.6
2021	391	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	430	29.1	14.7	71.6
2023	346	30.0	11.5	78
2024	349	31.0	11.2	79.4

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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