Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch

Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Bushnell, Illinois, part of Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170. Current enrollment sits at 296 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Bushnell Prairie City CUSD 170, a district that educates 602 students overall.

Demographically, Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder breaks down as 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with McDonough County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above McDonough County's rate of about 56%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.3%; Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch posts 18.5%, -15.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for McDonough County shows median household earnings sit near $52,795, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, McDonough County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,250 students), of which Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 312 (now 296). White enrollment moved from 95% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.