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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURPHYSBORO CUSD 186·NCES 172761005285
Carruthers Elementary School
80 Candy Ln, Murphysboro, IL 62966 · (618) 687-3231 · Jackson County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
398 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 137 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 36% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Murphysboro CUSD 186. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
34.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.9pp since 2023
Math
28.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 18.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 18% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Carruthers Elementary School
Carruthers Elementary School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carruthers Elementary School this school | 426 | 93.4% | 32.1% |
| Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr Murphysboro | 400 | 94.5% | N/A |
| King School Galesburg | 510 | 87.3% | 23.2% |
| Ledgewood Elementary School Roscoe | 375 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center Mount Vernon | 562 | 91.6% | 20.4% |
| Metropolis Elementary School Metropolis | 457 | 82.7% | 46.7% |
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 Carruthers Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,197 of 1,925 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #1,322 of 2,077 ▼ 88 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #1,540 of 2,077 ▲ 44 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #868 of 2,419 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,466 of 2,035 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #785 of 2,042 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #199 of 2,132 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #1,059 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
426
+46 (+12%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 498
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 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 93% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 100% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 100% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 100% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 75% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 22 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 21 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carruthers Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (460 to 426); teachers down 6% (31 to 29).
About Carruthers Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Carruthers Elementary School serves students in Murphysboro, Illinois. Students in grades 3 through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 426 students.
Carruthers Elementary School is a school in Murphysboro CUSD 186. The district has 5 schools and 1,877 students.
More than half of the students at Carruthers Elementary School are White (65%). The remaining shares are 15% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Jackson County's population at about 73%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carruthers Elementary School scores 54%.
A staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 93%. Among public schools in Jackson County, the average eligibility rate is 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, Carruthers Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 57% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Carruthers Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.1%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois are predicted to post 17.6%, so the school is 14.5 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In Jackson County, home to about 53,064 people, the median household earns about $48,763 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Carruthers Elementary School shares Jackson County with 31 other public schools.
Murphysboro High School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Carruthers Elementary School is 3rd among 6 schools close by.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% increase, from 380 to 426.
The Carruthers Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,064
Census ACS
Median income
$48,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
6,811 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Murphysboro CUSD 186
- Murphysboro High SchoolHigh · 565 students
- Murphysboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 422 students
- Gen John A Logan Attendance CntrElementary · 400 students
- McElvain SchoolElementary · 64 students
Other schools in Murphysboro
- Murphysboro High SchoolHigh · 565 students
- Murphysboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 422 students
- Gen John A Logan Attendance CntrElementary · 400 students
- McElvain SchoolElementary · 64 students
- Cope Alternative SchoolHigh
- Five County Regional AlternativeHigh
Nearby schools
- Murphysboro High School0.4 mi · 565
- Murphysboro Middle School1.4 mi · 422
- McElvain School1.9 mi · 64
- Gen John A Logan Attendance Cntr2.3 mi · 400
- Parrish Elementary School6.1 mi · 466
- DeSoto Elementary School6.8 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Carruthers Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carruthers Elementary School?
Carruthers Elementary School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Carruthers Elementary School serve?
Carruthers Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carruthers Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carruthers Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Carruthers Elementary School?
Carruthers Elementary School reports a student body of 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Carruthers Elementary School public or private?
Carruthers Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Murphysboro CUSD 186.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.