Flanagan Elem School

Located at 202 E Falcon Hwy, in Flanagan, Illinois, Flanagan Elem School is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that instructs 197 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 48% smaller than typical.

Within Flanagan-Cornell Dist 74, which oversees 2 schools and 303 students, Flanagan Elem School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Flanagan Elem School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Livingston County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Flanagan Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.2%, the actual is 35.6%, a residual of -13.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Livingston County) records that median household earnings sit near $73,790, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Flanagan Elem School is one of 24 public schools in Livingston County (combined enrollment of about 5,273 students).

Nearest neighbor: Flanagan-Cornell High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Flanagan Elem School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Flanagan Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Flanagan Elem School's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 223 (now 197). The White share of enrollment increased from 87% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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