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Alumni: what's one memory from Carrie Busey Elem School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAMPAIGN CUSD 4·NCES 170942000544
Carrie Busey Elementary School
304 Prairie Rose Ln, Savoy, IL 61874 · (217) 351-3811 · Champaign County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
187 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
55.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.9pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 34.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Carrie Busey Elementary School
Carrie Busey Elementary School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrie Busey Elementary School this school | 444 | 42.1% | 47.8% |
| Bottenfield Elementary School Champaign | 456 | 46.9% | 40.0% |
| Vernon L Barkstall Elementary School Champaign | 426 | 43.2% | 44.1% |
| Walker Elementary School Evanston | 364 | 36.5% | 57.3% |
| Jane Addams Elementary School Moline | 299 | 45.5% | 51.2% |
| McCarty Elementary School Aurora | 478 | 35.4% | 37.8% |
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 Carrie Busey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #651 of 1,925 | #10 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #688 of 2,077 ▼ 16 | #7 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #820 of 2,077 ▲ 83 | #9 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #782 of 2,419 | #8 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,310 of 2,035 | #18 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #38 of 2,042 | #4 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #1,507 of 2,132 | #24 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #1,167 of 1,461 | #12 of 19 |
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
444
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 456
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 | 444 | 31.2 | 14.2:1 | 42% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 33.2 | 13.6:1 | 37% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 38% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 32.5 | 14.5:1 | 34% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 39% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 60% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 31 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 29 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carrie Busey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (470 to 444); teachers down 4% (32.5 to 31.2).
About Carrie Busey Elementary School
Carrie Busey Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Savoy, Illinois. A federal count lists 444 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Champaign CUSD 4 oversees Carrie Busey Elementary School and 17 other schools, with 10,598 students in total.
Carrie Busey Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 41%. The remaining students are 22% Black, 16% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Among people living in Champaign County, the White share is about 64%. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Carrie Busey Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.2:1. That is close to the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The lunch program counts 42% of students at Carrie Busey Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Champaign County average 53%.
Carrie Busey Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Carrie Busey Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (47.8%) and its predicted rate (47.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Census estimates describe Champaign County this way: the median household income is $63,683, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Champaign County has 66 public schools and roughly 25,919 students.
Nearest public school: Vernon L Barkstall Elementary School, about 2.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Carrie Busey Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
The NCES locale for Carrie Busey Elementary School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 441 to 444.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Champaign CUSD 4
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,476 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- International Prep AcademyElementary · 681 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 665 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Nearby schools
- Vernon L Barkstall Elementary School2.4 mi · 426
- Bottenfield Elementary School2.6 mi · 456
- International Prep Academy3.2 mi · 681
- Yankee Ridge Multilingual School3.2 mi · 482
- Yankee Ridge Elementary School3.2 mi · 461
- Robeson Elementary School3.3 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Carrie Busey Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carrie Busey Elementary School?
Carrie Busey Elementary School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Carrie Busey Elementary School serve?
Carrie Busey Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Carrie Busey Elementary School have?
Carrie Busey Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Carrie Busey Elementary School?
Carrie Busey Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 8% Hispanic, 22% Black, 16% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Carrie Busey Elementary School in?
Carrie Busey Elementary School is part of Champaign CUSD 4.
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