Enrollment
63
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND PRAIRIE CCSD 6·NCES 171719002022
Grand Prairie Elementary School
21462 N Richview Ln, Centralia, IL 62801 · (618) 249-6289 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL63 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
8.8:1
7 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
61 students
STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 5 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 7 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 2 | 3% |
| Grade 3 | 7 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 9 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 8 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 4 | 6% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.0%
IL avg 51.0% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
IL avg 37.9% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 27.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 16% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Grand Prairie Elementary School
Grand Prairie Elementary School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prairie Elementary School this school | 63 | 96.8% | 29.9% |
| Buncombe Cons School Buncombe | 51 | 94.1% | 24.8% |
| Creative Center for Children Paris | 73 | 91.8% | N/A |
| McElvain School Murphysboro | 64 | 96.9% | N/A |
| Dongola Elementary School Dongola | 108 | 100.0% | 23.0% |
| North Wamac Grade School Centralia | 122 | 92.6% | 41.2% |
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 Grand Prairie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 63 | #2,393 of 2,419 | #13 of 15 |
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
63
-13 (-17%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 144
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 | 63 | 7.2 | 8.8:1 | 97% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 7.2 | 10.2:1 | 100% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 70 | 10.1 | 6.9:1 | 97% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 76 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 77 | 6.2 | 12.4:1 | 81% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 87 | 5 | 17.4:1 | 100% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 65 | 7 | 9.3:1 | 74% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 101 | 8 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 144 | 8 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Prairie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (77 to 63); teachers up 16% (6.2 to 7.2).
About Grand Prairie Elementary School
Grand Prairie Elementary School is a small elementary school in Centralia, Illinois. A federal count lists 63 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Grand Prairie CCSD 6 operates Grand Prairie Elementary School.
Grand Prairie Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 92% White. It is also 3% Hispanic and 3% Pacific Islander. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 84% White. Grand Prairie Elementary School has a diversity index of 15%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 8.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, higher than at this school. Grand Prairie Elementary School reports 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Jefferson County report 60%.
allk12 grades Grand Prairie Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Grand Prairie Elementary School is a top-10% school in Illinois on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 15.6% with an actual 29.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $63,118, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 31 public schools operate in Jefferson County, serving about 5,314 students.
The next-closest public school is Irvington Elementary School, about 3.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Grand Prairie Elementary School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Grand Prairie Elementary School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 63 was 17% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 76.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,550
Census ACS
Median income
$63,118
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
5,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Centralia
- Centralia High SchoolHigh · 887 students
- Centralia Jr High SchoolMiddle · 559 students
- Central City Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Schiller Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Jordan Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- Raccoon Cons Elementary SchoolElementary · 204 students
Other Grand Prairie Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Grand Prairie Elementary. Grand Prairie Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolFrankfort, IL · 840 students
- Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 494 students
- Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolWashington, LA · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Irvington Elementary School3.5 mi · 64
- Centralia High School5.6 mi · 887
- Centralia Jr High School5.7 mi · 559
- North Wamac Grade School5.9 mi · 122
- Jordan Elementary School5.9 mi · 228
- Centralia Pre-Kindergarten Center6.3 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolHow large is Grand Prairie Elementary School?
Grand Prairie Elementary School enrolls approximately 63 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Grand Prairie Elementary School serve?
Grand Prairie Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Grand Prairie Elementary School have?
Grand Prairie Elementary School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Grand Prairie Elementary School?
Student demographics at Grand Prairie Elementary School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian.
What district is Grand Prairie Elementary School in?
Grand Prairie Elementary School is part of Grand Prairie CCSD 6.
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