Cantrall Intermediate School

As a very small middle-grades school in Cantrall, Illinois, Cantrall Intermediate School educates 184 students from grades 4 through 6, one of the schools within Athens CUSD 213. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 462.

Athens CUSD 213 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 961 students. Cantrall Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cantrall Intermediate School reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 35% of students at Cantrall Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sangamon County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cantrall Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 58.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sangamon County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,357, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), Cantrall Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cantrall Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cantrall Intermediate School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cantrall Intermediate School has fell 28%, going from 254 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025.

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