Metamora Grade School

Set in Metamora, Illinois, Metamora Grade School is a sprawling elementary-level community, operated by Metamora CCSD 1. It educates 829 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 118% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Metamora CCSD 1 is the operating authority for Metamora Grade School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Metamora Grade School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Woodford County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Metamora Grade School logs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Woodford County's rate of about 29%.

After controlling for student poverty, Metamora Grade School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 63.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Woodford County put the typical household earns roughly $91,483 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Woodford County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,338 students), Metamora Grade School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Metamora High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Metamora Grade School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

Metamora Grade School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Metamora Grade School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 912 (now 829). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 95% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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