Central Intermediate School

As a reasonably sized elementary school in Roxana, Illinois, Central Intermediate School educates 365 students from grades 3 through 5, overseen by Roxana CUSD 1.

Roxana CUSD 1 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,708 students; Central Intermediate School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Central Intermediate School lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Madison County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Central Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.3%; this one delivers 33.5%.

Around the school, Madison County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,793 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which Central Intermediate School is one.

Roxana Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Intermediate School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.3%.

Central Intermediate School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Central Intermediate School's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 365). Over the same period, the Black share rose from 2% to 6%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Central Intermediate School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.