Bement Elementary School

Set in Bement, Illinois, Bement Elementary School is a rural-scale primary school, operated by Bement CUSD 5. It hosts 143 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in Bement CUSD 5 (291 students total), Bement Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bement Elementary School records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Bement Elementary School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Piatt County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bement Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.6%; actual is 50.6%, +17.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Piatt County shows the typical household earns roughly $94,811 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bement Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Piatt County (combined enrollment of about 3,086 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bement High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bement Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Bement Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 145 (now 143). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 1% to 6%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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