Goodfield Elem School

Set in Goodfield, Illinois, Goodfield Elem School is a tiny elementary campus, operated by Eureka CUD 140. It hosts 75 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 80% smaller than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Eureka CUD 140 (1,551 students total), Goodfield Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Goodfield Elem School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial. Compared to Woodford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Woodford County's rate of about 29%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Goodfield Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.3%, the actual is 72.2%, a residual of +9.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Woodford County shows median household income runs about $91,483, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Woodford County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,338 students), Goodfield Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Dee-Mack Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Goodfield Elem School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 58.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 26%: 102 students in 2018 compared to 75 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Goodfield Elem School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.