Johnsonville Elem School

Johnsonville Elem School is a rural-scale elementary school in Johnsonville, Illinois, one of the schools within North Wayne CUSD 200. The school works with 106 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 72% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

North Wayne CUSD 200 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 392 students; Johnsonville Elem School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Johnsonville Elem School records that nearly all students (100%) are White.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible 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, Johnsonville Elem School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.8%; this one delivers 58.7%, a residual of +13.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Wayne County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,521 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Wayne County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,404 students), Johnsonville Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Cisne Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.6 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnsonville Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnsonville Elem School has ticked up 25%, going from 85 students in 2018 to 106 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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