Enrollment
246
Elementary
DISTRICT 237 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CERRO GORDO CUSD 100·NCES 170933004570
Cerro Gordo Elementary School
209 S Monroe St, Cerro Gordo, IL 61818 · (217) 763-2551 · Piatt County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
121 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Cerro Gordo Elementary School→Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Cerro Gordo CUSD 100. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
53.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 21.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Cerro Gordo Elementary School
Cerro Gordo Elementary School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Gordo Elementary School this school | 246 | 49.2% | 43.8% |
| Seymour Elementary School Payson | 233 | 50.2% | 37.4% |
| Ruth M Schneider Elementary School Farmer City | 265 | 48.7% | 41.4% |
| Brown County Elementary School Mount Sterling | 270 | 49.6% | 41.1% |
| Selmaville Elementary School Salem | 223 | 48.9% | 28.8% |
| Shiloh Elementary School Hume | 247 | 52.2% | 30.6% |
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 Cerro Gordo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Piatt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #797 of 1,925 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #1,009 of 2,077 ▲ 94 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #871 of 2,077 ▼ 255 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #1,840 of 2,419 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #903 of 2,035 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.4% | #1,742 of 2,042 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #1,323 of 2,132 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #1,257 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
246
-7 (-3%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 407
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 | 246 | 18.9 | 13.1:1 | 49% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 22.1 | 10.9:1 | 47% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 24 | 9.9:1 | 39% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 43% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 37% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 36% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 279 | 19 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 17 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cerro Gordo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (256 to 246); teachers up 5% (18 to 18.9).
About Cerro Gordo Elementary School
Cerro Gordo Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Cerro Gordo, Illinois. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 246 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Across its 2 schools, Cerro Gordo CUSD 100 enrolls 474 students. Cerro Gordo Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Cerro Gordo Elementary School is 92% White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. County-wide, about 95% of residents are White. Cerro Gordo Elementary School's diversity index is 15%, against a US figure of 70%.
Cerro Gordo Elementary School's 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 13.1:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 49%. The rate at public schools in Piatt County averages 38%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Cerro Gordo Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 43.1% for a school in Illinois with Cerro Gordo Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cerro Gordo Elementary School posts 43.8%.
Cerro Gordo Elementary School is located in Piatt County, where the median household income is $94,811, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Cerro Gordo Elementary School, Piatt County has 13 other public schools.
Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The ten-mile area around Cerro Gordo Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Cerro Gordo Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.8% against a local average of 41.9%.
Cerro Gordo Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 3% from 2020-21, when Cerro Gordo Elementary School had 253 students, to 2024-25, when it had 246.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Piatt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,695
Census ACS
Median income
$94,811
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,086 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cerro Gordo CUSD 100
- Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High SchoolHigh · 228 students
Other schools in Cerro Gordo
- Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High SchoolHigh · 228 students
Nearby schools
- Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High School0.1 mi · 228
- Argenta-Oreana Middle School8.2 mi · 180
- Argenta-Oreana High School8.2 mi · 268
- Argenta-Oreana Elementary School8.3 mi · 445
- Bement Middle School8.8 mi · 63
- Bement Elementary School8.8 mi · 143
Frequently asked questions
About Cerro Gordo Elementary SchoolHow large is Cerro Gordo Elementary School?
Cerro Gordo Elementary School enrolls approximately 246 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cerro Gordo Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cerro Gordo Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cerro Gordo Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cerro Gordo Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cerro Gordo Elementary School?
At Cerro Gordo Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cerro Gordo Elementary School?
Cerro Gordo Elementary School is overseen by Cerro Gordo CUSD 100 in Piatt County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.