Carrollton Grade School

Carrollton Grade School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Carrollton, Illinois, operated by Carrollton CUSD 1, hosts 269 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 29% leaner than typical.

Carrollton CUSD 1 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 449 students; Carrollton Grade School is among them.

Demographically, Carrollton Grade School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carrollton Grade School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 29.6%.

Across the wider county, Greene County reports that median household income runs about $62,192, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greene County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,703 students), Carrollton Grade School is one campus in the mix.

Carrollton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carrollton Grade School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

Carrollton Grade School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 330 students in 2018 compared to 269 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 3% to 7%. Class-load math has fell: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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