Bartelso Elem School

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in Bartelso, Illinois, Bartelso Elem School teaches 166 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Bartelso SD 57. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 56% leaner than typical.

Bartelso Elem School is a school of Bartelso SD 57, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Bartelso Elem School reports that nearly all students (100%) are White. By comparison, Clinton County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clinton County (around 36%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bartelso Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.8%, the actual is 77.2%, a residual of +7.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clinton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,588 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Bartelso Elem School is one of 19 public schools in Clinton County (combined enrollment of about 5,278 students).

The closest other public school is Germantown Elem School, roughly 4.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bartelso Elem School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

Bartelso Elem School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bartelso Elem School has fell 9%, going from 183 students in 2018 to 166 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.