Lovington Grade School

Lovington Grade School, an one-room-style primary school in Lovington, Illinois, operated by Arthur CUSD 305, enrolls 148 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Arthur CUSD 305 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 925 students; Lovington Grade School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lovington Grade School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Moultrie County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 72% of students at Lovington Grade School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Moultrie County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lovington Grade School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Moultrie County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,784 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lovington Grade School is one of 6 public schools in Moultrie County (combined enrollment of about 1,628 students).

Sullivan Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lovington Grade School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lovington Grade School has shrank 35%, going from 229 students in 2018 to 148 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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