Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville

Set in Thawville, Illinois, Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville is an one-room-style K-5 school, overseen by Iroquois West CUSD 10. It instructs 104 students across grades 4 through 5. That puts it 73% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville is one of 5 schools operated by Iroquois West CUSD 10, a district that serves 854 students overall.

On demographics, Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment; the rest looks like 34% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Iroquois County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.2%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of +13.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Iroquois County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,255 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville is one of 24 public schools in Iroquois County (combined enrollment of about 3,909 students).

Nearest neighbor: Iroquois West Middle School, around 6.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Iroquois West Elem Sch/Thawville at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 120 students in 2018 compared to 104 in 2025.

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