Milton Pope Elem School

Milton Pope Elem School is a small elementary school in Marseilles, Illinois, one of the schools within Miller Twp CCSD 210. The school enrolls 195 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Milton Pope Elem School sits 49% leaner than that benchmark.

Miller Twp CCSD 210 is the operating authority for Milton Pope Elem School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Milton Pope Elem School records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Milton Pope Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below LaSalle County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Milton Pope Elem School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 60.3%; this one comes in at 45.3%, -14.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for LaSalle County shows median household earnings sit near $73,045, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, LaSalle County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,523 students), of which Milton Pope Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Seneca High School, roughly 5.9 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Milton Pope Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Milton Pope Elem School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 187 (now 195). Class-load math has loosened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Milton Pope Elem School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.