Eastland Elementary School

Eastland Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Shannon, Illinois, run under Eastland CUSD 308. Current enrollment sits at 433 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within Eastland CUSD 308, which oversees 2 schools and 731 students, Eastland Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eastland Elementary School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Carroll County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eastland Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.2%; Eastland Elementary School posts 64.1%, +20.0 points above that line.

Around the school, Carroll County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,758, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Carroll County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,945 students), of which Eastland Elementary School is one.

Eastland Jr/Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eastland Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.7%.

Eastland Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eastland Elementary School has climbed 24%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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