Elementary · Illinois
Matheny-Withrow Elem Sch
Free meals for allMatheny-Withrow Elem Sch, a public elementary school in Springfield, Illinois: grades k–5, 216 students, 10.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Springfield SD 186.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 216
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.3
- Students per teacher
- 10.2
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 88% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 84% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared
Smaller than 86% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Illinois: 53%7.5%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 99% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 47% · 1,514 elementary schools compared
94 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Illinois: 39%Not published: too few students tested.
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Springfield SD 186
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Springfield SD 186.
Location
- Address
- 1200 S Pope Ave, Springfield, IL 62703
- Phone
- (217)525-3245
- City or town
- Springfield
- County
- Sangamon County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Springfield Ball Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 394 | 15.2 | 27% | 20% |
Feitshans Elem SchFree meals for all | K–5 | 288 | 12.5 | 9.5% | 4.9% |
Iles Elem SchoolFree meals for all | 1–8 | 414 | 18.0 | 92% | 90% |
Harvard Park Elem SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 370 | 12.6 | 22% | 6.7% |
McClernand Elem SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 213 | 12.2 | 21% | 12% |
Black Hawk Elem SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 234 | 12.6 | 35% | 16% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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