Jefferson Park School

As a cozy primary school in El Paso, Illinois, Jefferson Park School educates 261 students from grades pre-K through 2, run under El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Jefferson Park School sits 31% below that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11 (1,135 students total), Jefferson Park School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Jefferson Park School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Woodford County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Jefferson Park School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Woodford County's rate of about 29%.

In the broader community, census data for Woodford County shows median household income runs about $91,483, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Woodford County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,338 students), of which Jefferson Park School is one.

Centennial School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Park School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Jefferson Park School's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 261). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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