Farmington Central Elem Sch

As a roomy K-5 school in Farmington, Illinois, Farmington Central Elem Sch hosts 633 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Farmington Central CUSD 265. That puts it 66% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Farmington Central Elem Sch is one of 3 schools operated by Farmington Central CUSD 265, a district that teaches 1,269 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Farmington Central Elem Sch shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the income-and-resources front, Farmington Central Elem Sch reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Peoria County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Farmington Central Elem Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.4%; this one delivers 44.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Peoria County put the typical household earns roughly $65,108 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Peoria County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), of which Farmington Central Elem Sch is one.

Farmington Central High Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Farmington Central Elem Sch ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Farmington Central Elem Sch's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 634 (now 633).

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Farmington Central Elem Sch community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.