Elementary · Illinois
Michael E Baum Elem School
Free meals for allMichael E Baum Elem School, a public elementary school in Decatur, Illinois: grades k–6, 313 students, 18.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Decatur SD 61.
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
- 313
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- Grades
- K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 96% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared
More students per teacher than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 62% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared
Smaller than 71% 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%21%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 87% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 47% · 1,514 elementary schools compared
123 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%19%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 73% of elementary schools in Illinois
Median 32% · 1,679 elementary schools compared
84 students tested, grades 3, 4 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
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–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Decatur SD 61
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Decatur SD 61.
Location
- Address
- 801 S Lake Ridge Ave, Decatur, IL 62521
- Phone
- (217)362-3521
- City or town
- Decatur
- County
- Macon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Montessori Academy for PeaceFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 586 | 14.7 | 34% | 15% |
Muffley Elem SchoolFree meals for all | K–6 | 386 | 17.5 | 16% | 6.9% |
Robertson Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 327 | 29.7 | 42% | 5.0% |
Johns Hill Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 627 | 15.3 | 20% | 13% |
Hope AcademyFree meals for all | K–8 | 501 | 13.9 | 3.1% | 0.0% |
South Shores Elem SchoolFree meals for all | K–6 | 335 | 18.5 | 11% | 4.5% |
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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