C A Henning School

C A Henning School is an elementary school of large scale in Troy, Illinois, run under Triad CUSD 2, educateing 706 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 85% above the state mean of about 381.

Within Triad CUSD 2, which oversees 6 schools and 4,009 students, C A Henning School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, C A Henning School reports that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Madison County as a whole.

On the resource side, C A Henning School reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 19% of students at C A Henning School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Madison County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), C A Henning School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 61.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Madison County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,793 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which C A Henning School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Silver Creek Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C A Henning School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at C A Henning School has fell 9%, going from 778 students in 2018 to 706 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 1% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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