Earlville Elem School

Set in Earlville, Illinois, Earlville Elem School is a modestly sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Earlville CUSD 9. It teaches 253 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Earlville CUSD 9 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 405 students. Earlville Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Earlville Elem School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to LaSalle County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Earlville Elem School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Earlville Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Earlville Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 41.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for LaSalle County shows median household income runs about $73,045, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Earlville Elem School is one of 54 public schools in LaSalle County (combined enrollment of about 14,523 students).

Earlville Jr/Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Earlville Elem School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Earlville Elem School has declined 9%, going from 278 students in 2018 to 253 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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