Central Elementary School

Central Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Pontiac, Illinois, one of the schools in Pontiac CCSD 429. The school has 361 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 1.

District-wide, Pontiac CCSD 429 has 4 schools and 1,135 students.

Of every 100 students at Central Elementary School, about 76 are White. It is also 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Livingston County's residents are about 89% White, 13 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.

Central Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1, with 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. The school has 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Livingston County report 48%.

The county, Livingston County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $73,790, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 24 public schools and about 5,273 students.

The closest school to Central Elementary School is Lincoln Elementary School, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 361, up from 337 in 2020-21.

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