Early Childhood Center

Early Childhood Center is a close-knit elementary campus in Rantoul, Illinois, run under Rantoul City SD 137. The school caters to 161 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Early Childhood Center sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

Rantoul City SD 137 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,656 students. Early Childhood Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Early Childhood Center shows that the most-represented group is Black (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 22% multiracial, 17% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Champaign County put the typical household earns roughly $63,683 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Champaign County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students), Early Childhood Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J W Eater Jr High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

Early Childhood Center operates from a town-based location.

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