Bluffs Elementary School

Bluffs Elementary School is one of the very small K-5 schools in Bluffs, Illinois, one of the schools within Scott-Morgan CUSD 2, with 81 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 79% below the state mean of about 381.

Scott-Morgan CUSD 2 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 169 students. Bluffs Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bluffs Elementary School reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder reads as 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Scott County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Bluffs Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Bluffs Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Scott County put the typical household earns roughly $66,705 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Bluffs Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 736 students).

The closest other public school is Bluffs Junior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bluffs Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bluffs Elementary School has fell 38%, going from 131 students in 2018 to 81 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.