Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch

Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch, a cozy K-5 school in Carrier Mills, Illinois, part of Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2, hosts 300 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch is one of 2 schools operated by Carrier Mills-Stonefort CUSD 2, a district that enrolls 394 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 15% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, Saline County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 27.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Saline County indicate median household income runs about $53,117, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch is one of 15 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 3,704 students).

Carrier Mills-Stonefort H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Carrier Mills-Stonefort Elem Sch's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 318 (now 300). Black enrollment moved from 13% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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