Farmingdale Elem School

Farmingdale Elem School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, part of Pleasant Plains CUSD 8, caters to 485 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 381.

Across the 3 schools in Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 (1,294 students total), Farmingdale Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Farmingdale Elem School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Sangamon County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 34 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. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sangamon County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Farmingdale Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sangamon County indicate median household income runs about $75,357, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sangamon County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), of which Farmingdale Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Pleasant Plains Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Farmingdale Elem School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

Farmingdale Elem School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 464 students in 2018 compared to 485 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.