Harding Primary School

Harding Primary School, a modestly sized K-5 school in Monmouth, Illinois, one of the schools within Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238, educates 240 students, covering grades 2 through 3. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

Monmouth-Roseville CUSD 238 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,579 students. Harding Primary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Harding Primary School logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Harding Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Warren County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harding Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 27.9%, a residual of -5.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Warren County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,385, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Warren County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,788 students), of which Harding Primary School is one.

Central Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harding Primary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 9%: 221 students in 2018 compared to 240 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 3% to 8%. Class-load math has grew: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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