Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUSHNELL PRAIRIE CITY CUSD 170·NCES 170795000403
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School
345 E Hess St, Bushnell, IL 61422 · (309) 772-9464 · McDonough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
9.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
191 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 56 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School→Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High School→Bushnell-Prairie City High School
Based on grade levels within Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
17.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
16.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.8% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 12.4% | 7.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School this school | 296 | 64.5% | 18.5% |
| Bridgeport Grade School Bridgeport | 314 | 62.7% | 41.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Johnston City | 270 | 63.7% | N/A |
| Eastview Elementary School Canton | 288 | 61.1% | 38.2% |
| Carrollton Grade School Carrollton | 269 | 62.5% | 29.6% |
| Memorial Elementary School Taylorville | 297 | 59.9% | 32.5% |
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 Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McDonough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,651 of 1,925 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #1,685 of 2,077 ▲ 61 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,972 of 2,077 ▼ 116 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #1,557 of 2,419 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #117 of 2,035 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #1,521 of 2,042 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #885 of 2,132 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #1,188 of 1,461 | N/A |
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
296
+30 (+11%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 490
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 | 296 | 29.8 | 9.9:1 | 65% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 29.8 | 10.5:1 | 59% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 30.8 | 10.5:1 | 65% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 27.8 | 11.2:1 | 66% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 60% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 57% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (312 to 296); teachers up 7% (27.8 to 29.8).
About Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Bushnell, Illinois. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 296 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
The district, Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170, has 602 students enrolled across 3 schools.
The large majority of students at Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School, 87%, are White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. That is close to the 86% White share among all McDonough County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 24%.
Staffing totals 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 65%. The 56% average for public schools in McDonough County is 9 points lower.
allk12 grades Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 34.3%. Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School posts 18.5%, 15.8 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within McDonough County, median household income is about $52,795, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of McDonough County number 19 and enroll about 3,250.
The nearest public school is Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High School, at about 0.7 miles. Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 32.4% proficiency; Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School posts 18.5%.
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School went from 266 students to 296.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
McDonough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,920
Census ACS
Median income
$52,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,250 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170
- Bushnell-Prairie City High SchoolHigh · 175 students
- Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High SchoolMiddle · 131 students
Other schools in Bushnell
- Bushnell-Prairie City High SchoolHigh · 175 students
- Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High SchoolMiddle · 131 students
Nearby schools
- Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High School0.7 mi · 131
- Bushnell-Prairie City High School0.7 mi · 175
- Abingdon-Avon Middle School8.3 mi · 204
- Avon Elementary School8.4 mi · 48
- West Prairie North Elementary School9.0 mi · 141
- Lincoln Elementary School10.5 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary SchoolHow large is Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School?
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School serve?
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School is approximately 9.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School?
At Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School public or private?
Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.