A-C Central Elementary School

A-C Central Elementary School, a tiny elementary-level community in Chandlerville, Illinois, one of the schools within A-C Central CUSD 262, educates 129 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 381.

Within A-C Central CUSD 262, which oversees 3 schools and 314 students, A-C Central Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, A-C Central Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, A-C Central Elementary School reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Cass County's rate of about 69%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, A-C Central Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

In the surrounding community, Cass County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,125, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cass County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,352 students), of which A-C Central Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Virginia Elem School, roughly 7.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts A-C Central Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 30.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. A-C Central Elementary School's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 173 (now 129). White enrollment moved from 90% to 95% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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