Enrollment
74
Elementary
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLESTON CUSD 1·NCES 170960000565
Ashmore Elem School
313 S Ohio St, Ashmore, IL 61912 · (217) 349-3000 · Coles County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL74 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
39 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.9pp since 2023
Math
27.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
74
-39 (-35%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 14.1:1
% White
84%
was 98%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Ashmore Elem School
Ashmore Elem School, a micro-enrollment K-5 school in Ashmore, Illinois, one of the schools within Charleston CUSD 1, serves 74 students, covering grades K through 4. That puts it 81% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.
Charleston CUSD 1 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,744 students. Ashmore Elem School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Ashmore Elem School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Ashmore Elem School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.1%; Ashmore Elem School posts 22.3%, -18.8 points below that line.
In the broader community, Coles County reports that median household income runs about $56,478, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Ashmore Elem School is one of 23 public schools in Coles County (combined enrollment of about 5,973 students).
Kansas Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ashmore Elem School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Five-year trend. Ashmore Elem School's enrollment has fell 35% since 2018, when it stood at 113 (now 74). The White share of enrollment decreased from 98% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.
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Coles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,777
Census ACS
Median income
$56,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
5,973 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charleston CUSD 1
- Charleston High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jefferson Elem SchoolMiddle · 698 students
- Carl Sandburg Elem SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Charleston Middle SchoolMiddle · 401 students
- Mark Twain Elem SchoolElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Kansas Elem School4.5 mi · 95
- Kansas High School4.5 mi · 73
- Charleston Middle School8.3 mi · 401
- Charleston High School8.3 mi · 795
- Mark Twain Elem School8.4 mi · 221
- Jefferson Elem School8.5 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About Ashmore Elem SchoolHow large is Ashmore Elem School?
Ashmore Elem School enrolls approximately 74 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Ashmore Elem School serve?
Ashmore Elem School serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Ashmore Elem School have?
Ashmore Elem School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ashmore Elem School?
Student demographics at Ashmore Elem School are roughly 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Two or more.
What district is Ashmore Elem School in?
Ashmore Elem School is part of Charleston CUSD 1.
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