Lincoln Attendance Center

Lincoln Attendance Center, a low-enrollment elementary school in Carmi, Illinois, overseen by Carmi-White County CUSD 5, instructs 176 students, covering grades K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 54% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Carmi-White County CUSD 5 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,282 students; Lincoln Attendance Center is among them.

Demographically, Lincoln Attendance Center logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, White County as a whole is about 96% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Lincoln Attendance Center has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Lincoln Attendance Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above White County's rate of about 54%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (White County) logs that median household income runs about $54,813, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, White County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,168 students), of which Lincoln Attendance Center is one.

The closest other public school is Carmi-White County High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 208 students in 2018 compared to 176 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 97% to 86%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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