Fieldcrest Primary School

Fieldcrest Primary School is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in Minonk, Illinois, run under Fieldcrest CUSD 6, instructing 223 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Fieldcrest Primary School is one of 4 schools operated by Fieldcrest CUSD 6, a district that works with 862 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fieldcrest Primary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Woodford County as a whole.

On the resource side, Fieldcrest Primary School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Woodford County (around 29%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Woodford County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,483, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Fieldcrest Primary School is one of 32 public schools in Woodford County (combined enrollment of about 6,338 students).

The closest other public school is Fieldcrest High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Fieldcrest Primary School's enrollment has edged up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 201 (now 223). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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