Cuba Elem School

Cuba Elem School is one of the intimate K-5 schools in Cuba, Illinois, operated by CUSD 3 Fulton County, with 188 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 381.

Cuba Elem School is one of 3 schools operated by CUSD 3 Fulton County, a district that teaches 386 students overall.

On demographics, Cuba Elem School logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Cuba Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of -4.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Fulton County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,599 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Fulton County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,160 students), of which Cuba Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Cuba Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cuba Elem School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cuba Elem School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 181 (now 188). Class-load math has widened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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