Farrington Elem School

Farrington Elem School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Bluford, Illinois, run under Farrington CCSD 99, with 46 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Operationally, Farrington Elem School answers to Farrington CCSD 99, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Farrington Elem School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Black, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Farrington Elem School has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Farrington Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Farrington Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $63,118 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,314 students), Farrington Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Field Elementary School, roughly 6.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Farrington Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 49 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 2% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

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