Apollo Elem School

Apollo Elem School, a moderately sized primary school in Aledo, Illinois, operated by Mercer County School District 404, enrolls 362 students, covering grades K through 5.

Mercer County School District 404 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,274 students; Apollo Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Apollo Elem School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Apollo Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Apollo Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.7%; this one delivers 42.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Mercer County) records that median household income runs about $74,182, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mercer County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,941 students), Apollo Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mercer County Jr High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Apollo Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Apollo Elem School's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 342 (now 362). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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