Main Street Elementary School

Set in Shelbyville, Illinois, Main Street Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus, overseen by Shelbyville CUSD 4. It hosts 370 students across grades 1 through 3.

Across the 4 schools in Shelbyville CUSD 4 (1,248 students total), Main Street Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Main Street Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder looks like 3% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Main Street Elementary School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Shelby County's rate of about 46%.

With demographic context factored in, Main Street Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.3%; Main Street Elementary School posts 64.8%, +26.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Shelby County shows median household earnings sit near $72,095, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Shelby County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,922 students), Main Street Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Shelbyville Kindergarten Center, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Main Street Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Main Street Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 327 (now 370). Class-load math has widened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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