Bicentennial Elem School

Located at 1004 1st St, in Coal Valley, Illinois, Bicentennial Elem School is a mid-tier primary school that instructs 328 students (grades K through 5), operated by Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40.

Across the 14 schools in Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 (7,257 students total), Bicentennial Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bicentennial Elem School logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Rock Island County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Bicentennial Elem School logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Bicentennial Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Rock Island County's rate of about 65%.

With demographic context factored in, Bicentennial Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 42.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Rock Island County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,159 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Rock Island County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,921 students), Bicentennial Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Butterworth Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bicentennial Elem School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 31.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Bicentennial Elem School's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 328). White enrollment moved from 85% to 73% across the same window.

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