Edwin A Lee Elementary School
Springfield · IL · Springfield SD 186 · Public · K-12 combined
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Sangamon County Learning Academy → Sangamon Safe School Program → Capital Area Career Center → Springfield Southeast High Sch → PROJECT IMPACT → Sangamon Co Detention Center → Springfield Learning Academy → Glenwood High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Edwin A Lee Elementary School compares for families
What families should know about Edwin A Lee Elementary School.
- ▸ LocallyIL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Sangamon County Learning Academy, Sangamon Safe School Program, Capital Area Career Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -5.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 204 students:
≈ 49 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $19,940 per student in district revenue, the 49 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $977,060/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sangamon County Learning Academy Springfield |
Public | 1.6 | — | — |
| Sangamon Safe School Program Springfield |
Public | 1.6 | — | — |
| Capital Area Career Center Springfield |
Public | 1.6 | — | — |
| Springfield Southeast High Sch Springfield |
Public | 2.9 | 1,229 | -3.1% |
| PROJECT IMPACT Springfield |
Public | 3.2 | — | — |
| Sangamon Co Detention Center Springfield |
Public | 3.2 | — | — |
| Springfield Learning Academy Springfield |
Public | 4.0 | — | — |
| Glenwood High School Chatham |
Public | 4.3 | 1,484 | -1.4% |