Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARRIER MILLS-STONEFORT CUSD 2·NCES 170858000497
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School
213 W Furlong St, Carrier Mills, IL 62917 · (618) 994-2413 · Saline County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest 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
10.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
183 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 28 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 17% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School→Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School
Based on grade levels within Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
46.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
9.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 9.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 4.7% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School this school | 300 | 61.0% | 27.7% |
| South Jacksonville Elementary School South Jacksonville | 311 | 58.5% | 43.0% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Dixon | 344 | 58.7% | 32.3% |
| Central City Elementary School Centralia | 276 | 58.3% | 45.1% |
| Madison School Dixon | 323 | 56.0% | 38.8% |
| Bushnell-Prairie City Elementary School Bushnell | 296 | 64.5% | 18.5% |
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 Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Saline County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,352 of 1,925 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #1,917 of 2,077 ▼ 37 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,130 of 2,077 ▼ 104 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #1,534 of 2,419 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #229 of 2,035 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #1,124 of 2,042 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #978 of 2,132 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #1,156 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
300
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 388
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 | 300 | 28 | 10.7:1 | 61% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 26.7 | 11.1:1 | 99% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 24.7 | 13.4:1 | 66% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 19.8 | 16.1:1 | 20% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 60% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 67% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 27 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 24 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (318 to 300); teachers up 42% (19.8 to 28).
About Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in Carrier Mills, Illinois. Federal data show 300 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2 totals 394 students.
The share of White students at Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School is 75%, a majority. It is also 15% multiracial and 8% Black. For comparison, the population of Saline County is roughly 92% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 10.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School, which has 28. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 61%. That is in line with the 62% average for public schools in Saline County.
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Test results at Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School are 8.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (27.7% actual, 36.3% predicted).
The county, Saline County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $53,117, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. The county has 15 public schools and about 3,704 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School, is about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School ranks 4th of 6 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Saline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,213
Census ACS
Median income
$53,117
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,704 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2
- Carrier Mills-Stonefort High SchoolHigh · 94 students
Other schools in Carrier Mills
- Carrier Mills-Stonefort High SchoolHigh · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School0.3 mi · 94
- Harrisburg Middle School4.0 mi · 382
- Bulldog Early Learning Academy4.1 mi · 111
- School District 428 IYC-HRB5.2 mi · 42
- Harrisburg High School5.5 mi · 491
- West Side Primary School5.6 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary SchoolHow large is Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School?
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School serve?
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School is approximately 10.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School?
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 1% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School?
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elementary School is overseen by Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2 in Saline County.
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