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Waverly Elementary School

Summary:

Waverly Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-6 in Waverly, Illinois, with 217 students. The school is part of the Waverly CUSD 6 district, which is ranked 733 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Waverly Elementary School has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools, with a 1-star rating in the most recent school year.

Waverly Elementary School significantly underperforms the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. In 2023-2024, only 15.5% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 41.2%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was just 8.6%, compared to the state's 28.4%. The school also struggles to support its subgroups, with the White student population and students of low socioeconomic status ranking in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools. Additionally, Waverly Elementary School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 5.1% in 2019-2020 to 23.1% in 2021-2022, well above the state average.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Chatham Elementary School, Murrayville-Woodson Elementary School, and New Berlin Elementary School, generally outperform Waverly Elementary School in academic proficiency, subgroup performance, and other key metrics. This suggests that Waverly Elementary School may need to examine the practices and strategies of its higher-performing peers to identify areas for improvement. Additionally, despite the higher spending per student at Waverly Elementary School, the school has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 9.8 in 2022-2023, indicating a need to re-evaluate its staffing and resource allocation.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 499 W Elm St
       Waverly, IL  62692-1039

(217) 435-2331

District: Waverly CUSD 6

SchoolDigger Rank:
1691st of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,468 Help


Students who attend Waverly Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Waverly Junior/Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.4 Help
Number of students:  212

Racial breakdown:

White:
89.2%
Two or more races:
5.2%
African American:
3.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  51.4% Help


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Compare Details Waverly Elementary School ranks worse than 81.8% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.65. (See more...)
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Compare Details Waverly Elementary School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2015 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.3. (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 Racial makeup is: White (89.2%), two or more races (5.2%), African American (3.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 51.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Waverly Elementary School is 12.4. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Waverly Elementary School is $14,468.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Waverly Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Waverly Elementary School 1691st of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Waverly Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Waverly CUSD 6:

SchoolDigger ranks Waverly CUSD 6 733rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Waverly Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Waverly Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 75.68 511th 2020 74.7%
2004 73.00 595th 2030 70.7%
2005 81.96 251st 2022 87.6%
2006 73.19 580th 2086 72.2%
2007 71.62 642nd 2095 69.4%
2008 73.16 611th 2092 70.8%
2009 73.91 604th 2120 71.5%
2010 63.19 959th 2139 55.2%
2011 65.28 892nd 2147 58.5%
2012 54.92 1171st 2166 45.9%
2013 50.81 1146th 2167 47.1%
2014 51.53 1058th 2093 49.5%
2015 32.55 1342nd 2052 34.6%
2016 54.78 856th 2046 58.2%
2017 59.20 768th 2044 62.4%
2018 42.48 1107th 2037 45.7%
2019 52.00 933rd 2086 55.3%
2021 38.39 1086th 1948 44.3%
2022 38.56 1205th 2082 42.1%
2023 22.32 1598th 2077 23.1%
2024 19.65 1691st 2067 18.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Waverly Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.87 803rd 1765 54.5%
2022 51.43 744th 1763 57.8%
2023 21.83 1583rd 1808 12.4%
2024 22.19 1527th 1793 14.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Waverly Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.93 1021st 1964 48.0%
2019 59.56 749th 2019 62.9%
2021 42.52 872nd 1680 48.1%
2022 39.19 1106th 1970 43.9%
2023 19.84 1604th 1957 18.0%
2024 23.45 1492nd 1942 23.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Waverly Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.43 1100th 1972 44.2%
2019 45.04 1030th 2019 49.0%
2021 31.78 1100th 1707 35.6%
2022 40.90 1071st 1977 45.8%
2023 22.78 1521st 1984 23.3%
2024 21.59 1544th 1959 21.2%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Waverly Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.00 1179th 1463 19.4%
2019 34.58 1000th 1462 31.6%
2021 25.22 1054th 1308 19.4%
2022 22.58 1189th 1425 16.6%
2023 9.03 1372nd 1419 3.3%
2024 8.03 1352nd 1392 2.9%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Waverly Elementary School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 53.28 625th 1185 47.3%
2004 78.96 244th 1204 79.7%
2005 68.39 440th 1209 63.6%
2006 70.25 389th 1272 69.4%
2007 68.70 430th 1287 66.6%
2008 69.25 431st 1293 66.7%
2009 64.03 533rd 1318 59.6%
2010 63.67 553rd 1327 58.3%
2011 67.15 498th 1344 62.9%
2012 64.80 521st 1365 61.8%
2013 40.70 845th 1367 38.2%
2014 55.21 597th 1322 54.8%
2015 42.30 677th 1302 48.0%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Waverly Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 270 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 270
1990 251 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 251
1991 270 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 270
1992 278 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 278
1993 313 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 313
1994 289 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 289
1995 291 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1996 291 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1997 301 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 301
1998 291 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1999 258 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 258
2000 300 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 302
2001 300 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 300
2002 310 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 310
2003 310 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 310
2004 294 1 0 0 3 n/a n/a 0 298
2005 278 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 2 282
2006 289 0 0 6 2 n/a n/a 4 301
2007 288 0 0 0 2 n/a n/a 2 292
2008 289 2 0 0 2 n/a n/a 4 297
2009 254 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 10 265
2010 266 8 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 275
2011 280 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 282
2012 280 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 281
2013 284 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 287
2014 282 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 283
2015 271 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 276
2016 254 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 262
2017 184 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 191
2018 192 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 201
2019 196 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 204
2020 184 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 198
2021 198 4 5 1 0 0 4 0 212
2022 190 5 4 5 0 0 7 0 211
2023 199 5 4 1 0 0 8 0 217
2024 189 8 3 1 0 0 11 0 212

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 Waverly Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 270 16.0 16.8 n/a
1990 251 17.7 14.1 n/a
1991 270 17.7 15.2 n/a
1992 278 20.0 13.9 n/a
1993 313 21.2 14.8 n/a
1994 289 20.1 14.4 n/a
1995 291 20.5 14.2 n/a
1996 291 20.5 14.2 n/a
1997 301 20.9 14.4 n/a
1998 291 18.8 15.5 n/a
1999 258 20.3 12.7 n/a
2000 302 21.8 13.9 n/a
2001 300 23.0 13.0 n/a
2002 310 22.0 14.1 38.7
2003 310 22.0 14.1 38.7
2004 298 21.0 14.2 35.6
2005 282 19.5 14.5 30.7
2006 301 20.0 15.1 38.7
2007 292 20.0 14.6 36.6
2008 297 18.0 16.5 37.9
2009 265 21.5 12.3 45.5
2010 275 23.0 11.9 48
2011 282 21.1 13.3 42.9
2012 281 22.0 12.7 41.6
2013 287 23.8 12.0 41.8
2014 283 21.5 13.1 41.7
2015 276 22.0 12.5 38.4
2016 262 22.0 11.9 33.6
2017 191 17.1 11.1 39.8
2018 201 22.1 9.0 39.3
2019 204 17.3 11.7 36.3
2020 198 21.1 9.3 44.9
2021 212 n/a n/a n/a
2022 211 15.8 13.2 46.4
2023 217 22.1 9.8 49.3
2024 212 17.0 12.4 51.4

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 Waverly Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 270 16.0 16.8 n/a
1990 251 17.7 14.1 n/a
1991 270 17.7 15.2 n/a
1992 278 20.0 13.9 n/a
1993 313 21.2 14.8 n/a
1994 289 20.1 14.4 n/a
1995 291 20.5 14.2 n/a
1996 291 20.5 14.2 n/a
1997 301 20.9 14.4 n/a
1998 291 18.8 15.5 n/a
1999 258 20.3 12.7 n/a
2000 302 21.8 13.9 n/a
2001 300 23.0 13.0 n/a
2002 310 22.0 14.1 38.7
2003 310 22.0 14.1 38.7
2004 298 21.0 14.2 35.6
2005 282 19.5 14.5 30.7
2006 301 20.0 15.1 38.7
2007 292 20.0 14.6 36.6
2008 297 18.0 16.5 37.9
2009 265 21.5 12.3 45.5
2010 275 23.0 11.9 48
2011 282 21.1 13.3 42.9
2012 281 22.0 12.7 41.6
2013 287 23.8 12.0 41.8
2014 283 21.5 13.1 41.7
2015 276 22.0 12.5 38.4
2016 262 22.0 11.9 33.6
2017 191 17.1 11.1 39.8
2018 201 22.1 9.0 39.3
2019 204 17.3 11.7 36.3
2020 198 21.1 9.3 44.9
2021 212 n/a n/a n/a
2022 211 15.8 13.2 46.4
2023 217 22.1 9.8 49.3
2024 212 17.0 12.4 51.4

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.

Immunization Rates

Waverly Elementary School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPPneumococcal Meningococcal
201699.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%28.1%99.5%81.6%10.2%18.4%
2017100.0%99.5%99.5%99.5%22.6%99.5%99.5%10.5%12.1%
201899.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%23.0%99.0%99.0%9.5%13.0%
201999.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%25.5%99.0%99.0%11.8%12.8%
202188.9%93.1%87.5%87.5%93.1%87.5%90.3%29.2%30.6%
202299.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%16.4%8.4%
202396.8%97.7%97.7%97.7%98.2%96.8%96.8%13.8%7.8%
202499.0%97.6%97.6%97.6%98.1%98.1%99.0%13.0%15.9%

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

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,068 (9.9%) $9,687 (90.1%) $10,755
2020 $554 (4.3%) $12,396 (95.7%) $12,951
2021 $735 (5.0%) $14,003 (95.0%) $14,738
2022 $735 (5.0%) $14,003 (95.0%) $14,738
2023 $2,466 (15.3%) $13,624 (84.7%) $16,090
2024 $1,367 (9.4%) $13,100 (90.5%) $14,468

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Waverly Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 933rd of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1598th of 2077 Elementary schools
 32.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Waverly Elementary School)35.36.9
 28.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Waverly CUSD 6)35.36.9
 28.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Waverly Elementary School)23.517.2
 6.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Waverly CUSD 6)23.517.2
 6.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Waverly Elementary School)39.121.2
 17.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Waverly CUSD 6)39.121.2
 17.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Waverly Elementary School)30.412.1
 18.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Waverly CUSD 6)30.412.1
 18.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Waverly Elementary School)27.811.1
 16.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Waverly CUSD 6)27.811.1
 16.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Waverly Elementary School)502.8
 47.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Waverly CUSD 6)502.8
 47.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (Waverly Elementary School)77.835.3
 42.5%
   5th Grade Science (Waverly CUSD 6)77.835.3
 42.5%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Waverly Elementary School)2514.3
 10.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Waverly CUSD 6)2514.3
 10.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Waverly Elementary School)17.99.5
 8.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Waverly CUSD 6)17.99.5
 8.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students204217
 6.4%
African American15
 400%
American Indian00
Asian54
 20%
Hispanic11
Pacific Islander00
White196199
 1.5%
Two or More Races18
 700%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients36.3%49.3%
 13%

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Students who attend Waverly Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Waverly Junior/Senior High School

Students at Waverly Elementary School are 89% White, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American, 1% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 212 students attended Waverly Elementary School.

Waverly Elementary School ranks in the bottom 18.2% of Illinois elementary schools.


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