Central Early Childhood

Central Early Childhood is a public very small elementary school in Golden, Illinois. It reports enrollment of 75 students in pre-K through kindergarten. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 80% below that mark.

Central Early Childhood is one school in Central CUSD 3, a system of 4 schools with 743 students.

By race and ethnicity, Central Early Childhood is 89% White. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 3% Black. In Adams County overall, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.

For every teacher at Central Early Childhood, there are about 9.6 students; the school has 7.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 30 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 40% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Adams County report 56%.

In Adams County, home to about 64,754 people, median household income comes to about $66,220, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 23 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,717, Central Early Childhood among them.

Central Early Childhood's nearest public school is Central High School (about 3.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.

Enrollment records show 181 in 2020-21 and 75 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable.

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