Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center

Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in Mount Vernon, Illinois, overseen by Mount Vernon SD 80, with 562 students on its rolls from grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 48% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Mount Vernon SD 80 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,445 students. Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center shows that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 27% Black, 18% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.6%, the actual is 20.4%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,118 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,314 students), Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is J L Buford Intermediate Ed Ctr, roughly 0.8 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 562). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 52% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

On this page, members of the Dr Nick Osborne Primary Center community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.