Albion Grade School

Located at 361 W Main St, in Albion, Illinois, Albion Grade School is an average-sized K-5 school that educates 427 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Edwards County CUSD 1.

Albion Grade School is one of 3 schools operated by Edwards County CUSD 1, a district that enrolls 821 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Albion Grade School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 47% of students at Albion Grade School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Albion Grade School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Edwards County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,519, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Edwards County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 821 students), of which Albion Grade School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edwards County High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Albion Grade School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albion Grade School has ticked down 8%, going from 464 students in 2018 to 427 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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