Enrollment
158
Elementary
DISTRICT 135 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARMI-WHITE COUNTY CUSD 5·NCES 170850000470
Jefferson Attendance Center
713 4th St, Carmi, IL 62821 · (618) 382-7016 · White County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL158 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Illinois public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
88 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 73 | 46% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 54% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jefferson Attendance Center→Washington Attendance Center→Carmi White Cnty Jr High School→Carmi-White County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Carmi-White County CUSD 5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
64.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
90.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.3% | 90.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 75.3% |
% 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 35 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 Jefferson Attendance Center
Jefferson Attendance Center's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Attendance Center this school | 158 | 55.7% | 74.6% |
| Lowpoint-Washburn Elementary School Washburn | 157 | 56.1% | 41.5% |
| Warren Elementary School Warren | 172 | 55.2% | 74.8% |
| Chillicothe Elementary Center Chillicothe | 156 | 54.5% | 43.1% |
| Okaw Valley Elementary School Bethany | 170 | 55.3% | 24.4% |
| West Prairie North Elementary School Good Hope | 141 | 57.4% | 27.1% |
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 Jefferson Attendance Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #71 of 1,925 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #10 of 2,077 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #527 of 2,077 ▼ 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 158 | #2,182 of 2,419 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #1,140 of 2,132 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #301 of 1,461 |
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
158
+1 (+1%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 255
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 | 158 | 12 | 13.2:1 | 56% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 12 | 14.6:1 | 66% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 194 | 12 | 16.2:1 | 58% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 157 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 209 | 12.3 | 17.1:1 | 61% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 12 | 20.2:1 | 51% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 52% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 14 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 255 | 15 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Attendance Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (209 to 158); teachers down 2% (12.3 to 12).
About Jefferson Attendance Center
Families in Carmi, Illinois, are served by Jefferson Attendance Center, a small elementary school. Students in grades 2 through 3 attend, and enrollment is 158 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Carmi-White County CUSD 5 has a total of 6 schools and 1,282 students, Jefferson Attendance Center among them.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at Jefferson Attendance Center. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial. The White share in White County as a whole is similar, at about 96%. Jefferson Attendance Center's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 12 full-time equivalents, or about 13.2 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 13.2:1 here. About 56% of students, or 88, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 54% average for public schools in White County.
allk12 grades Jefferson Attendance Center an A+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Jefferson Attendance Center is 39.4%. It actually posts 74.6%, which is 35.3 points higher and in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
Census estimates describe White County this way: the median household income is $54,813, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, White County has 15 public schools and roughly 2,168 students.
Prekindergarten Facility is the public school closest to Jefferson Attendance Center, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.2%; Jefferson Attendance Center's is 74.6%, ranking 1st of 7.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 157 in 2020-21, 158 in 2024-25.
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White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,619
Census ACS
Median income
$54,813
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,168 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carmi-White County CUSD 5
- Carmi-White County High SchoolHigh · 419 students
- Washington Attendance CenterMiddle · 269 students
- Carmi White Cnty Jr High SchoolMiddle · 188 students
- Lincoln Attendance CenterElementary · 176 students
- Prekindergarten FacilityElementary · 72 students
- Brownsville Attendance CenterCombined
Other schools in Carmi
- Carmi-White County High SchoolHigh · 419 students
- Washington Attendance CenterMiddle · 269 students
- Carmi White Cnty Jr High SchoolMiddle · 188 students
- Lincoln Attendance CenterElementary · 176 students
- Prekindergarten FacilityElementary · 72 students
- Brownsville Attendance CenterCombined
Nearby schools
- Prekindergarten Facility0.5 mi · 72
- Washington Attendance Center0.5 mi · 269
- Carmi White Cnty Jr High School0.8 mi · 188
- Carmi-White County High School0.8 mi · 419
- Lincoln Attendance Center0.9 mi · 176
- Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School12.1 mi · 195
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Attendance CenterHow many students attend Jefferson Attendance Center?
Jefferson Attendance Center enrolls approximately 158 students in grades 02-03.
What grades does Jefferson Attendance Center serve?
Jefferson Attendance Center serves grades 02-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Attendance Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Attendance Center is approximately 13.2:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Attendance Center?
At Jefferson Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Attendance Center in?
Jefferson Attendance Center is part of Carmi-White County CUSD 5.
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