New Athens Elem

Set in New Athens, Illinois, New Athens Elem is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, overseen by New Athens CUSD 60. It caters to 229 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 40% below typical.

Within New Athens CUSD 60, which oversees 3 schools and 488 students, New Athens Elem is one campus in the system.

On demographics, New Athens Elem lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the resource side, New Athens Elem shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Clair County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, New Athens Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 60.4%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for St. Clair County shows median household earnings sit near $73,854, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. New Athens Elem is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students).

Nearest neighbor: New Athens Jr High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around New Athens Elem. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Athens Elem ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. New Athens Elem's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 229 (now 229). Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the New Athens Elem community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.