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Lewis School

Public Grades 4-5

1664^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,056 Illinois Elementary Schools

Better than 19% of Illinois elementary schools

Summary

Lewis School is an elementary school located in Carbondale, Illinois, serving grades 4-5 with a total enrollment of 309 students. The school is part of the Carbondale Education Service District 95, which is ranked 779 out of 811 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lewis School consistently performs below the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across grades 4 and 5. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 29.9% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 53.1%, and only 15% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 38.5%. The school's performance has been declining over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 1331 out of 2086 Illinois elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 1664 out of 2056 in 2024-2025. Lewis School also has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 35.3% to 39.3% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average.

While Lewis School faces significant challenges, the nearby Herrin C U S D 4 Elementary School, Tri-C Elementary School, and Unity Point Elementary School, which are outside the Carbondale district, demonstrate significantly higher academic achievement and lower chronic absenteeism rates. Additionally, Lewis School performs relatively better for English Language Learner (ELL) students, ranking in the top 20% of Illinois elementary schools in this category, but still struggles with other subgroups, such as students with disabilities, low socioeconomic status, and special education.

325

Students ?

13.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,523

Per pupil spending ?

72.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

801 S Lewis Ln
Carbondale, IL 62901-3408

(618) 457-5393

District: Carbondale Education Service District 95

Students who attend Lewis School usually attend:

Middle:	Carbondale Middle School
High:	Carbondale Community High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

49.2%

White:

25.2%

Hispanic:

12.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 20th percentile in 2015 → 19th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Illinois average (24% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 25% Illinois)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg23%

Illinois avg44%

1,664^th of 2,056

Illinois public elementary schools ?

Bottom 19%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

779^th of 811Carbondale Education Service District 95 among Illinois districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	20.2	1664 of 2056	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.8	1493 of 2067	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	1370 of 2077	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.5	1384 of 2082	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.5	1526 of 1948	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.3	1331 of 2086	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.1	1518 of 2037	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	32.6	1343 of 2044	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	25.4	1558 of 2046	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.8	1636 of 2052	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	33.7	1450 of 2093	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2013	25.7	1688 of 2167	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	15.0	1942 of 2166	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	24.2	1766 of 2147	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.1	1716 of 2139	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	31.6	1615 of 2120	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	37.5	1500 of 2092	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	29.3	1694 of 2095	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	29.3	1669 of 2086	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	29.2	1605 of 2022	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	34.0	1514 of 2030	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	43.3	1338 of 2020	33.8%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	553 of 688	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.3	399 of 655	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.3	301 of 692	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.3	244 of 684	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	27.0	374 of 428	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.4	294 of 711	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	35.5	436 of 698	37.5%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	22.4	880 of 1049	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.4	813 of 886	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	25.0	742 of 907	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	72.0	129 of 788	83.6%	★★★★☆
2019	64.9	128 of 743	82.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	16.7	1667 of 1942	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	1464 of 1942	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.6	1190 of 1957	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.7	1230 of 1970	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.4	1353 of 1680	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.9	1327 of 2019	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	22.4	1552 of 1964	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	816 of 982	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.7	757 of 959	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	779 of 970	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.0	605 of 954	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.0	637 of 955	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	15.6	895 of 938	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	68.0	11 of 44	75.0%	★★★★☆
2024	35.0	33 of 52	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.5	32 of 36	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	17.3	1629 of 1800	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	29.3	1331 of 1793	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	1289 of 1808	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.1	1066 of 1763	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.8	1093 of 1514	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.6	1322 of 1816	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.5	1519 of 1765	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	25.8	1441 of 1947	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.0	1343 of 1959	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.4	1390 of 1984	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.4	1374 of 1977	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.8	1381 of 1707	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.1	1217 of 2019	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.3	1348 of 1972	31.6%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	15.1	102 of 120	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.8	59 of 93	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.3	63 of 95	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	23.0	29 of 40	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.3	59 of 89	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.7	38 of 78	51.3%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	15.5	1189 of 1292	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	1145 of 1195	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.3	1112 of 1156	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.2	1024 of 1113	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.4	565 of 640	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.1	1040 of 1194	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.4	561 of 763	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	1068 of 1389	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.2	1020 of 1392	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.5	1058 of 1419	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	39.9	887 of 1425	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.4	934 of 1308	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.6	774 of 1462	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.0	1041 of 1463	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)84th percentile+65 vs school

Homeless (2025)75th percentile+56 vs school

Male (2025)26th percentile+7 vs school

White (2025)23rd percentile+4 vs school

African American (2025)20th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)17th percentile~ school

Disabled (2025)16th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)15th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)14th percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile-10 vs school

Special Education (2025)8th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Illinois (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts30%-23 vs state

Science26%-14 vs state

Mathematics15%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISA Science (2025)		IAR English Language Arts (2025)							IAR Mathematics (2025)							% Polio (2024)	% Measles (2024)	% Mumps (2024)	% Rubella (2024)	% Hepatitis B (2024)	% Varicella (2024)	% DTP (2024)	% Pneumococcal (2024)	% Meningococcal (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	ISA Science 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 6th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 7th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 8th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics 6th Grade	IAR Mathematics 7th Grade	IAR Mathematics 8th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	% DTP All Grades	% Pneumococcal All Grades	% Meningococcal All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lewis School	Public	4-5	801 S Lewis Ln	Carbondale	62901	Jackson County	Carbondale Education Service District 95	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 457-5393	325	24	13.3	72.3%	82 (25.2%)	160 (49.2%)	40 (12.3%)	12 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (9.2%)	20.2	1664^th of 2056 public elementary schools	19.1%		26.8	1493^rd of 2067 public elementary schools	27.8%	171	26.1			29.1	30.8				29.9		13.9	16.0				15.0	95.0	95.0	95.0	95.0	95.0	95.0	95.0			$16,523	$1,775	$14,748
Thomas Elementary School	Public	2-3	1025 N Wall St	Carbondale	62901	Jackson County	Carbondale Education Service District 95	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 457-6226	400	29	13.7	75.0%	101 (25.3%)	204 (51.0%)	47 (11.8%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (10.0%)								(n/a)			25.0						25.0	18.2						18.2	96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0	96.0			$15,703	$1,822	$13,881
Parrish Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	121 N Parrish Ln	Carbondale	62901	Jackson County	Carbondale Education Service District 95	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 457-5781	466	32	14.7	79.4%	99 (21.2%)	247 (53.0%)	58 (12.4%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.5%)								(n/a)																	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8	92.8	24.8		$15,900	$1,553	$14,347
Giant City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1062 Boskydell Rd	Carbondale	62902	Jackson County	Giant City CCSD 130	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 457-5391	218	16	13.6	38.5%	162 (74.3%)	10 (4.6%)	20 (9.2%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.1%)	73.2	527^th of 2056 public elementary schools	74.4%		79.4	380^th of 2067 public elementary schools	81.6%	147	45.0	63.2	67.7	66.7	45.0	82.4	95.7	89.5	74.0	54.8	52.4	50.0	52.9	60.9	26.3	50.4	94.9	94.0	94.0	94.0	94.4	94.0	94.4		29.2	$14,225	$1,207	$13,018
Unity Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4033 S Illinois Ave	Carbondale	62903	Jackson County	Unity Point CCSD 140	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 529-4151	620	52	11.9	54.5%	342 (55.2%)	89 (14.4%)	90 (14.5%)	38 (6.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (9.2%)	66.6	674^th of 2056 public elementary schools	67.2%		68.3	584^th of 2067 public elementary schools	71.7%	90	60.5	58.1	39.7	60.7	76.7	71.4	65.6	67.7	63.0	38.1	39.3	55.8	34.9	41.3	29.0	38.9	82.9	82.9	82.9	82.9	82.9	82.9	82.9	7.9	23.9	$14,060	$1,452	$12,609
Tri-C Elementary School	Public	K-3	1405 W Grand Ave	Carterville	62918	Williamson County	Carterville CUSD 5	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 985-8742	650	46	14.1	44.0%	531 (81.7%)	26 (4.0%)	31 (4.8%)	20 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.2%)								(n/a)			69.0						69.0	71.0						71.0	96.5	96.6	96.6	96.6		96.6	96.0			$12,165	$1,032	$11,133
Gen John A Logan Attendance Center	Public	K-2	320 Watson Rd	Murphysboro	62966	Jackson County	Murphysboro CUSD 186	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 684-4471	400	34	11.7	94.5%	249 (62.3%)	70 (17.5%)	31 (7.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (12.0%)								(n/a)																	96.6	96.6	96.6	96.6	98.2	96.6	96.9			$16,014	$2,218	$13,796
DeSoto Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	311 Hurst Rd	De Soto	62924	Jackson County	DeSoto Cons School District 86	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 867-2317	198	19	10.4	67.2%	157 (79.3%)	10 (5.1%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (12.1%)	28	1488^th of 2056 public elementary schools	27.6%		27.6	1470^th of 2067 public elementary schools	28.9%	18	35.0	27.3	21.7	45.8	50.0	23.5	44.4	27.3	36.3	17.4	20.8	30.0	5.9	11.1	18.2	17.7	87.0	87.0	87.0	87.0	87.0	87.0	87.0	10.9	16.2	$16,669	$1,498	$15,171
Carruthers Elementary School	Public	3-5	80 Candy Ln	Murphysboro	62966	Jackson County	Murphysboro CUSD 186	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 687-3231	426	29	14.6	93.4%	275 (64.6%)	66 (15.5%)	49 (11.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.7%)	30.8	1414^th of 2056 public elementary schools	31.2%		29.6	1410^th of 2067 public elementary schools	31.8%	4	32.7		33.3	34.6	35.1				34.4	39.2	26.2	22.3				28.9	98.6	98.8	98.8	98.8	99.3	98.6	99.1			$15,493	$1,860	$13,633
Herrin C U S D 4 Elementary School	Public	2-5	5200 Herrin Rd	Herrin	62948	Williamson County	Herrin CUSD 4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(618) 942-2744	712	52	13.6	68.3%	555 (77.9%)	44 (6.2%)	26 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (11.8%)	71.9	552^nd of 2056 public elementary schools	73.2%		67.9	589^th of 2067 public elementary schools	71.5%	37	44.9		57.5	62.3	64.1				61.2	59.2	55.2	50.6				55.2	99.4	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.6	99.0	99.3			$14,041	$1,301	$12,739

Frequently Asked Questions about Lewis School

Is Lewis School a good school?

Lewis School ranks in the bottom 19.1% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Lewis School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 325 students attended Lewis School.

What is the racial makeup of Lewis School?

Students at Lewis School are 49% African American, 25% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What district is Lewis School in?

Carbondale Education Service District 95

What schools do graduates of Lewis School attend?

Students who attend Lewis School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Carbondale Middle School
High : Carbondale Community High School

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