Jefferson Attendance Center

Jefferson Attendance Center operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Carmi, Illinois, part of Carmi-White County CUSD 5. Current enrollment sits at 158 students spanning grades 2 through 3. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Jefferson Attendance Center is one of 6 schools operated by Carmi-White County CUSD 5, a district that caters to 1,282 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Jefferson Attendance Center logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school records 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with White County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Jefferson Attendance Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Jefferson Attendance Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson Attendance Center sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.4%; actual is 74.6%, +35.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for White County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,813, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Jefferson Attendance Center is one of 15 public schools in White County (combined enrollment of about 2,168 students).

Prekindergarten Facility is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Attendance Center ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.2%.

Jefferson Attendance Center operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Jefferson Attendance Center's enrollment has edged down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 209 (now 158). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.