Moulton Elementary School

Set in Shelbyville, Illinois, Moulton Elementary School is a reasonably sized junior high, overseen by Shelbyville CUSD 4. It caters to 455 students across grades 4 through 8.

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

In terms of who attends, Moulton Elementary School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Shelby County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Moulton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 51.2%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,095 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Moulton Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 2,922 students).

Shelbyville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moulton Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 472 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025.

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