Dunlap Grade School

Dunlap Grade School is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Dunlap, Illinois, one of the schools within Dunlap CUSD 323, with 253 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Within Dunlap CUSD 323, which oversees 8 schools and 4,837 students, Dunlap Grade School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Dunlap Grade School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Dunlap Grade School reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 18% of students at Dunlap Grade School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Peoria County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dunlap Grade School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 63.4%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Peoria County put the typical household earns roughly $65,108 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dunlap Grade School is one of 81 public schools in Peoria County (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students).

The closest other public school is Dunlap High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dunlap Grade School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dunlap Grade School has ticked up 3%, going from 246 students in 2018 to 253 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 78%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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