Gallatin Elementary School

Gallatin Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary school in Junction, Illinois, run under Gallatin CUSD 7. Current enrollment sits at 314 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Within Gallatin CUSD 7, which oversees 3 schools and 703 students, Gallatin Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gallatin Elementary School shows that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 6% multiracial. Compared to Gallatin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gallatin Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Gallatin County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,219 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Gallatin County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 703 students), of which Gallatin Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Gallatin High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Gallatin Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Gallatin Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 32.9%.

Gallatin Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gallatin Elementary School has edged up 4%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 314 in 2025.

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