Enrollment
143
Elementary
DISTRICT 97 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEMENT CUSD 5·NCES 170582004540
Bement Elementary School
201 S Champaign St, Bement, IL 61813 · (217) 678-4200 · Piatt County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
94 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Bement CUSD 5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
52.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
45.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +26.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 26 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.6% | 45.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 19.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bement Elementary School
Bement Elementary School's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bement Elementary School this school | 143 | 65.7% | 50.6% |
| South Fork Elementary School Kincaid | 150 | 65.3% | 24.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Pittsburg | 163 | 65.0% | 37.5% |
| Litchfield Early Childhood Center Litchfield | 160 | 64.4% | N/A |
| L E Starke Elementary School Pekin | 139 | 62.6% | 25.1% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School East Peoria | 162 | 62.3% | N/A |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bement Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Piatt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #580 of 1,925 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #793 of 2,077 ▲ 424 | #2 of 6 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #919 of 2,077 ▼ 372 | #6 of 6 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 143 | #2,237 of 2,419 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #851 of 2,132 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
143
+16 (+13%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 225
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 143 | 12.7 | 11.3:1 | 66% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 137 | 10.5 | 13.0:1 | 56% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 140 | 10.2 | 13.8:1 | 50% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 127 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 145 | 10.6 | 13.6:1 | 51% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 153 | 8 | 19.1:1 | 46% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 194 | 14 | 13.9:1 | 50% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 230 | 14 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 225 | 13 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bement Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (145 to 143); teachers up 19% (10.6 to 12.7).
About Bement Elementary School
Families in Bement, Illinois, are served by Bement Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school's 143 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Bement CUSD 5 serves 291 students across 3 schools.
The large majority of students at Bement Elementary School, 87%, are White. Next come 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Bement Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
Its 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 38% average for public schools in Piatt County is 28 points lower.
Bement Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Bement Elementary School does better than predicted by 17.0 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.6%; the prediction is 33.6%.
Within Piatt County, median household income is about $94,811, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Piatt County number 14 and enroll about 3,086.
The closest public school to Bement Elementary School is Bement High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Nearby schools with test data average 49.1% proficiency; Bement Elementary School posts 50.6%.
The NCES locale for Bement Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Bement Elementary School went from 127 students to 143.
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Piatt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,695
Census ACS
Median income
$94,811
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,086 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bement CUSD 5
- Bement High SchoolHigh · 85 students
- Bement Middle SchoolMiddle · 63 students
Other schools in Bement
- Bement High SchoolHigh · 85 students
- Bement Middle SchoolMiddle · 63 students
Nearby schools
- Bement High School0.0 mi · 85
- Bement Middle School0.0 mi · 63
- Washington School6.8 mi · 543
- Monticello High School6.8 mi · 489
- Monticello Middle School7.1 mi · 405
- Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High School8.7 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Bement Elementary SchoolHow large is Bement Elementary School?
Bement Elementary School enrolls approximately 143 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bement Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bement Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bement Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bement Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bement Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bement Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bement Elementary School in?
Bement Elementary School is part of Bement CUSD 5.
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