Auburn Elem School

Auburn Elem School is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Auburn, Illinois, run under Auburn CUSD 10, instructing 292 students in grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

Within Auburn CUSD 10, which oversees 4 schools and 1,055 students, Auburn Elem School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Auburn Elem School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). By comparison, Sangamon County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Auburn Elem School reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sangamon County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,357, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Sangamon County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), of which Auburn Elem School is one.

Auburn High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Auburn Elem School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 292). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.