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Springfield Ball Charter School, Springfield, IL

Charter schoolCEP schoolSpringfield Ball Charter School is a public elementary school in Springfield, part of Springfield SD 186. It enrolled 394 students in 2024-25, with 15.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
394
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
15.2
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is 2.2 higher than the district figure of 13.0. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.2
District13.0
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
2530 E Ash St, Springfield, IL 62703
Phone
(217)525-3275
District
Springfield SD 186
County
Sangamon County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
173708003773
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
24060.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Springfield SD 186

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.