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Signal Hill Elem School

Belleville, IL · Signal Hill SD 181

Regular public school · Grades PK - 8 · Suburb, large

1,230th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools statewide · better than 42%· Stable

40 Signal Hill Pl, Belleville, IL 62223

(618)397-0325NCES ID 173633003754Directory 202324

286
Students
2023–24 enrollment
7.7:1
Student / teacher ratio
63%
Free / reduced-price lunch
low-income indicator
29.1%
Chronically absent
IL average 25%

SchoolRow ranks Signal Hill Elem School 1,230th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 42% of elementary schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 44th in 2019 to 42th in 2025.

Statewide percentile by year
25%50%75%42%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25

English Language Arts
Signal Hill Elem School
45%
IL average
52%
Math
Signal Hill Elem School
31%
IL average
38%
Science
Signal Hill Elem School
33%
IL average
45%
English Language Arts over time Signal Hill Elem School IL average
25%50%75%45%52%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math over time Signal Hill Elem School IL average
25%50%75%31%38%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Science over time Signal Hill Elem School IL average
25%50%75%33%45%201920202025no testing 2020–21
ELA by race, over time
25%50%75%70%63%27%201920202025no testing 2020–21
Math by race, over time
25%50%75%57%44%7%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Black (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

Science by race, over time
25%50%75%50%25%201920202025no testing 2020–21

Black (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.

Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.

Racial and ethnic breakdown of 286 students (202324, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010

White36%Black48%Two+12%
Hover the pie for details
categories changedWhite 36%Black 48%Two or more races 12%92%8%19882023
GroupTrend20102023Change
Black38.3%47.9% 9.6 pts
White54.5%35.7% 18.8 pts
Two or more races4.3%11.9% 7.6 pts
Hispanic1.9%3.5% 1.6 pts
Asian1.1%0.7% 0.4 pts

NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.

Typical home value $181K in zip 62223 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2004

$47K$93K$140K$186K$177K20042010201520202025

Data Provided by Zillow Group

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What school district is Signal Hill Elem School in?

Signal Hill Elem School is part of the Signal Hill SD 181 district in Belleville, Illinois.

Is Signal Hill Elem School a good school?

SchoolRow ranks Signal Hill Elem School 1,230th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools (better than 42% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).

What is the racial makeup of Signal Hill Elem School?

Black 48%, White 36%, Two or more races 12%, Hispanic 4% (286 students, 2023–24).

How much do homes near Signal Hill Elem School cost?

The typical home value in zip code 62223 is $181K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).

Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.