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What's the one class at Fulton Elem School every student should take?
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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVER BEND CUSD 2·NCES 173395003490
Fulton Elementary School
1301 7th Ave, Fulton, IL 61252 · (815) 589-2900 · Whiteside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
178 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within River Bend CUSD 2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
47.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.2pp since 2023
Math
40.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 25.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fulton Elementary School
Fulton Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Elementary School this school | 421 | 42.3% | 43.4% |
| Mossville Elementary School Chillicothe | 431 | 41.3% | 62.0% |
| Lena-Winslow Elementary School Lena | 412 | 40.5% | 62.2% |
| East Dubuque Elementary School East Dubuque | 359 | 42.6% | 62.4% |
| Prairie Central Elementary School Fairbury | 367 | 44.4% | 42.5% |
| R O W V A Elementary School Oneida | 369 | 44.7% | 51.7% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fulton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Whiteside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #814 of 1,925 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #955 of 2,077 ▲ 28 | #7 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,106 of 2,077 ▲ 121 | #6 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #902 of 2,419 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,407 of 2,035 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #1,485 of 2,042 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #1,501 of 2,132 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #384 of 615 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
421
+25 (+6%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 42% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 42% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 40% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 26.4 | 15.0:1 | 42% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 42% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 35% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 25 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fulton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (396 to 421); teachers up 10% (26.4 to 29).
About Fulton Elementary School
Fulton Elementary School is an elementary school located in Fulton, Illinois, in Whiteside County. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 421 students.
Fulton Elementary School is in River Bend CUSD 2, a district with 998 students across 4 schools.
At Fulton Elementary School, White students make up 86% of the student body. After that, the student body is 8% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. That is close to the 85% White share among all Whiteside County residents. By the diversity index, Fulton Elementary School comes in at 26%.
A ratio of 14.5:1 comes from the school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 13.9:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 42% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Whiteside County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
allk12 grades Fulton Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Fulton Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.4% and a predicted 47.1%.
In Whiteside County (population about 54,947), median household income is about $67,500, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 50 public schools operate in Whiteside County, serving about 8,445 students.
River Bend Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Fulton Elementary School's average proficiency of 43.4% compares with 59.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Fulton Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Fulton Elementary School had 396 students in 2020-21 and 421 in 2024-25, a 6% rise.
Discussions about Fulton Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Whiteside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,947
Census ACS
Median income
$67,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
8,445 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in River Bend CUSD 2
- Fulton High SchoolHigh · 284 students
- River Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 228 students
- Early Step Pre-SchoolElementary · 65 students
Other schools in Fulton
- Fulton High SchoolHigh · 284 students
- River Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 228 students
- Early Step Pre-SchoolElementary · 65 students
Other Fulton Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Fulton Elementary. Fulton Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Fulton Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 321 students
- Fulton ElementaryFulton, MD · 872 students
- Fulton Elementary SchoolFULTON, TX · 619 students
- Fulton Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 444 students
- Fulton Elementary SchoolEphrata, PA · 297 students
Nearby schools
- River Bend Middle School0.1 mi · 228
- Early Step Pre-School0.4 mi · 65
- Fulton High School0.4 mi · 284
- Eagle Heights Elementary School2.4 mi · 443
- Jefferson Elementary School3.2 mi · 376
- Clinton Middle School3.6 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About Fulton Elementary SchoolHow large is Fulton Elementary School?
Fulton Elementary School enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Fulton Elementary School serve?
Fulton Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Fulton Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Fulton Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fulton Elementary School?
At Fulton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Fulton Elementary School in?
Fulton Elementary School is part of River Bend CUSD 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.