Cerro Gordo Elem School

Cerro Gordo Elem School is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Cerro Gordo, Illinois, overseen by Cerro Gordo CUSD 100, with 246 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Within Cerro Gordo CUSD 100, which oversees 2 schools and 474 students, Cerro Gordo Elem School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cerro Gordo Elem School logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Piatt County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Piatt County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Cerro Gordo Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 43.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Piatt County) logs that median household earnings sit near $94,811, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Piatt County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,086 students), Cerro Gordo Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Cerro Gordo Jr and Sr High Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cerro Gordo Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cerro Gordo Elem School's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 246). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.