Creative Center for Children

Located at 300 S Eads Ave, in Paris, Illinois, Creative Center for Children is a very small K-5 school that serves 73 students (grade pre-K), run under Paris-Union SD 95. Enrollment runs roughly 81% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Paris-Union SD 95 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,231 students. Creative Center for Children is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Creative Center for Children logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Creative Center for Children logs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Edgar County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Edgar County) reports that median household earnings sit near $59,941, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Edgar County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,650 students), Creative Center for Children is one campus in the mix.

Crestwood Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Creative Center for Children.

Creative Center for Children operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Creative Center for Children's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 89 (now 73). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 39.6:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.